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Shiwei is an important and unique system in Qing Dynasty, in the first chapter of this dissertation I check archives from Korea, finding that the ancestors of the royal families of Qing Dynasty had been regarded as shiwei in Korean for a long period of time, this situation was a very common phenomenon among Jurchen tribes at that time. Based on this finding, I demonstrate that the system of shiwei is the condition of hybridity, which means combining the tradition of Mongolia, Korea and the Ming Dynasty. this explanation is also matching the geographic fact that Manchuria had to deal with these three powerful political forces before becoming a great nation. And then I completely elaborate the shiwei system of Qing Dynasty, clarifying the distinction between Chinese shiwei and Han shiwei. From chapter four to chapter nine, I continue my research from the following dimensions about shiwei: the levels, the functions, the sources, the requirements, the daily life of shiwei in the forbidden city, the relationship between shiwei and military decoration, etc. Finally, I will emphasize on the relationship between the powerful Han Chinese Gentries and the shiwei system of Qing Dynasty.
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