“青海学”刍议

青海地处内地、西藏、蒙古、中亚(今新疆)之间,此间发生的诸多事件,是明清交际时期中国和内陆亚洲许多决定性历史进程的源头.从雍正朝开始,青海成为一个不容忽视的行政区划单位,这里设立了理藩院新分支机构——驻西宁办事大臣,地位日益重要.在高度多样性的人类环境中,青海独特的历史在经济、社会和政治体系管理各方面都有着自我界定的中心,并牵涉毗邻的更大外部世界.青海学应该成为一项专门地域学科,其发展将促进整个中国和内陆亚洲各领域研究的深入.

Brief Analysis on "Qinghai Studies"

Qinghai is located among the interior,Tibet,Mongolia and Central Asia(Xinjiang today).Numerous events in Qinghai during the Ming-Qing transition influenced the historical process in China and Inner Asia.Due to its strategic significance,Qinghai became an indispensable administrative unit since the Yongzheng reign(1723-1735).And a new branch of Lifanyuan,the grand minister in Qinghai,was set up.In the highly diverse society,Qinghai unique history follows its own lines of local development from the aspects of economy,society and politics and involves larger outer areas.Establishing a distinct field of "Qinghai Studies" will benefit not only the history of this region but also the studies of China and Inner Asia.