洪武时期天长县的移民与制度

Research on the Migration and Institutions in Tianchang County in the Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty

有旧谱为依据的天长县各族谱,在始迁祖的迁入时间、迁入地点、迁出地点、户帖制度、军屯制度、迁移制度等各方面,均可与《明太祖实录》《明史》与其他明代文献及地方志中记载的移民史实与制度相互印证。这样在一些官修文献完全漏载的地区,利用族谱等民间文献进行明代移民史与制度史的研究,就是一条可行的途径。

This article show that the information found in genealogies relating to a lineage founder’s arrival date,place of arrival,origin,as well as about the household questionnaire system,the military agro-colonies,and other aspects of demographic history can all be cross-checked against historical facts related to the history and framework of migration recorded in the Veritable Records of the Ming Taizu Emperor,the History of the Ming,as well as other Ming Dynasty materials such as local chronicles.We take as evidence genealogies based on old,passed-down genealogies from numerous lineages in Tianchang county,these two sets of official and folk sources are found to be mutually corroborating.This suggest that using genealogies and other popular sources to further our study of demographic history in regions overlooked by the official historical records is a feasible path for further research.