Historical Study on Social Reform in Inland Village of China

我们原计划在2005年对河南省的这个村庄进行调查，但一直没有得到当地政府的许可。据此，我们调查了北京、开封、郑州等地图书馆和档案馆的重要文献和史料，并在河南大学召开了关于河南村历史和现状的座谈会。2006年和2007年，我们与山西师范大学的四位合作研究者合作对山西村进行了调查。我们过去两年的研究活动总结如下：(1)调研山西临汾市战前村庄调查报告和地方史资料，为每位参与者制作调研手册。(2)自2006年10月底起，邀请3名中方合作研究人员在临汾市高河店召开为期9天的合作研究项目会议。(3)分别于2006年12月15日至28日、2007年8月17日至30日对100名村民进行了访谈。(4)在山西大学中国社会史研究中心收集土地台账和地方史资料，召开地方史研究者座谈会。因此，我们对高河店有了更深入的了解。我们在实地考察后整理了采访记录，并将收集到的史料装订成书。每位成员报告了研究课题，并在讨论会上审查了实地工作的结果和问题。会议确定了公布村调查记录和报告的总体方针。

It was originally scheduled that we surveyed the village in Henan Province in 2005, but the permission of local authorities had not been obtained. We accordingly surveyed important documents and historical materials in the library and the archives in Beijing, Kaifeng, and Zhengzhou, and had meetings about the history and actual condition of Henan village in Henan University.In 2006 and 2007, we surveyed Shanxi-village under the cooperation of four co-researchers of Shanxi Normal University. Our research activities for the past 2 years are summarized below.(1)Surveying the village survey reports and local history materials at pre-war days of Linfen city in Shanxi and making research manuals for each participant. (2) Inviting three Chinese co-researchers and having a meeting about collaborated research project in Gaohedian of Linfen city for 9 days from the end of October, 2006. (3) Interviewing 100 villagers from December 15th to 28th in 2006, August 17th to 30th in 2007. (4) Collecting land ledgers and local history materials in the research center for Chinese social history in Shanxi University, holding meetings with researchers of local history. As a result, we had greater understanding of Gaohedian.The interview records were arranged after our fieldwork, and the collected historical materials was bound into a book. Each member reported on the topics of research, and the results and the problems of fieldwork were examined in the discussion meeting. In the meeting, we made the overall policy of publishing the village survey record and report.