The Concept of National Territory in the Ming Dynasty and Its Practice in the Borderland of Southwest China in the Early Ming Dynasty

The concept of national territory in the Ming Dynasty means the territorial concept of the Ming Imperial Court based on its understanding of the state that evolved from the term in the early Ming Dynasty as a unified multi-national country which inherited from the Yunan Dynasty as well as other dynasties and covered the territory of all the past dynasties.This concept of the early Ming Dynasty found full expression in the process of administrating the borderland of southwest China and in handling the crisis incurred from the expansion of Luchuan military power,which led to the fairly long stability of the borderland of southwest China.