碩士 / 國立臺中教育大學 / 區域與社會發展學系碩士班 / 100 / This paper tries to understand “Taiwan” other than contained in official history using two travel notes, Pi- Hai Chi-Yu and Charles Wm. Le Gendre Notes of Travel in Formosa. From the angles of these two travelers, a relatively analytic approach is used to explore the variations of natural environment and humane aspect in Taiwan during Qing Dynasty.
Travel notes are an individual’s interpretation of the nature and humanity of the places he has traveled; and one’s perception and thought are strongly subject to the educational and cultural background of his upbringing. This paper thus begins by exploring the backgrounds, ways of writing and purposes of Yu Yonghe and Le Gendre, hoping to offer clear and objective comments.
First, this paper tries to understand, through the descriptions of the nature by these two travel notes, the ecology and native animals and plants in low lands, planes and low-altitude mountains along Taiwan’s west coast, from Tamsui to Taiwan-foo during Qing Dynasty, and explore the changes in natural environment for the past seventeen decades.
Second, travelers generally were intrigued by tribal cultures and custom where they went by, and non-objective accounts, such as admiration and discrimination, were often involved; yet, these were the most fantastic part of the notes and what the official history could not cover or simply ignored. From the angles of two travelers of different ages and different nationalities, this paper analyzes and compares the structural changes of the society in Western Taiwan in Qing Dynasty which was almost entirely composed of “savages”, immigrants from Fujian and Guangdong Provinces, and the Qing regime, to reveal a new image of Taiwan.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/100NTCTC205029 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | CHIANG, Hsiu-Ling, 江秀鈴 |
| Contributors | HSU,shih-Jung, 許世融 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 153 |
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