近十数年来,中国社会史的研究相当活跃,无论是研究议题还是论述深度,都较此前大有拓展。此一发展,也为域外汉籍的利用与明清以来中国史研究的深入,带来了不少新的刺激。例如,就清代中日贸易相关问题的研究而言,此前学界的成果已相当丰硕,举凡华侨史、海洋史①、贸易史②(包括朝贡贸易③ In the recent ten years, the research on Chinese social history has been quite active. Both the research topics and the depth of discourse have been greatly expanded. This development has also brought a lot of new stimuli to the utilization of overseas Chinese and the in-depth study of Chinese history since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. For example, in the study of the trade-related issues between China and Japan in the Qing dynasty, the results of previous academic circles have been quite substantial. For example, the history of overseas Chinese, the history of the sea, the history of trade,