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Records of Guanxi Region
Records of Guanxi Region

Author: The Archives of Institute of Taiwan History

The development of Guanxi area began in 1791, when Wei Agui of Zhuqian Village arrived the east side of Xinpu. This collection comprises land records, personal contracts, licenses, and allotment agreements among devisees of the Zhang family of Hudu Village, as well as relevant documents about Wei Agui’s offspring. It is a source for understanding the development of Guanxi area, especially the developing trace of the Zhang family, the uniqueness of Hakka written language, and the early interactions between the plain aborigines and the Han settlers. Besides, these documents are precious for studying women’s life from the late Qing to the early Japanese colonial period.

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Related Collections and References
 I. The Archives of Institute of Taiwan History
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  4. The Taiwan Shinminpo Nos. 3115 (1939-10-01) and 3116 (1939-10-02), Records of The Taiwan Shinminpo (T1119).
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II. Taiwan Rare Book Collections
  1. Document Section of the Government-General of Taiwan, ed. Taiwan Photo Book, Taipei: Editor, 1908.
  2. Kanya Endo, ed. Views of Campaign Against the Aborigines in Formosa, Taipei: Endo Photo Studio, 1912.
  3. Photographic Society of Taiwan, ed. Taiwan Photo Book, Volume 2, Taipei: Editor, December 1914.
  4. Taiwan Nichi Shinpo, ed. Photo of Crusade Against the Truku, Taipei: Editor, 1915.
  5. Japan Travel Association, Taiwan branch, ed. Taiwan Railway Travel Guide (1940 edition), Taipei: Editor, 1940.
III. References
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  2. Chang Su-bing, Unaccomplished Colonization: Japanese Immigrant Village in Taiwan, Taipei: Acropolis, 2017.
  3. You Jhih-sheng, “From concentrating in major ports to expanding to regional minor ports: A study on the context of the changing port construction policy of Taiwan Governor General’s Office in the 1930s”, Taiwan Historica 65: 3 (September 2014): 267-306.
  4. Tai Pao-tsun, “Centennial Review of Truku War”, Newsletter of Taiwan Studies 82 (July 2014): 9-11.
  5. Chung Su-ming, “The role of political-merchant in the development of east Taiwan during Japanese colonization - The case of Katakinsaburou”, Taiwan Historical Research 11: 1 (June 2004): 79-117.
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