@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00019474,
 author = {KATO, Kumiko},
 journal = {Journal of the School of Letters},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {This paper discusses Qing China's view of its border and territory in Southernmost Yunnan in the 1830s by analysing historical sources such as Pu'er Fu Zhi, the official account of Pu'er Fu, written in the Dao Guang Period (1821-1850) and Captain McLeod's 1837 Journal. In Yunnan's southernmost borderlands, approximately thirty Tai principalities called moeng (muang) formed 'Sipsongpanna', where the lord of Moeng Cheng Hung held the position of supreme ruler. Sipsongpanna had paid tribute to both the Chinese and Burmese dynasties. It was found that the understanding of what constituted 'Chinese' territory in this region was still vague, but at least in 1837, Moeng Cheng Hung was considered to be on the edge of Chinese territory and functioned as a barrier. The Chinese view of where exactly the border was situated was also not clear, but, in practice, the line that China had to protect was Jiulong Jiang or the Mekong River, which flowed next to Moeng Cheng Hung. Here, the entry of 'foreign' officials across the 'border' was very strictly controlled, whereas merchants had far easier access.},
 pages = {1--18},
 title = {Qing China's View of Its Border and Territory in Southernmost Yunnan in the 1830s: Analyses of Historical Sources Concerning Sipsongpanna},
 volume = {11},
 year = {2015}
}