Nam Tien (English spelling)

Japanese: ナムティエン（英語表記）Nam Tien

A movement in which the Vietnamese people expanded from the north to the south from the 10th to the 19th centuries, pushing aside indigenous peoples. The Song Khoi River (Red River) Delta (Tonkin Delta), the homeland of the Vietnamese people, had already been developed several centuries before Christ, and by the 15th century had been completely developed except for some swamps and coastal areas. As a result, whenever famine occurred, large amounts of the population moved to the lands of the Cham and Khmer peoples in the central and southern parts of the country. In addition, traditional dynasties, influenced by Chinese Sinocentrism, were keen to expand into areas with different cultures.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ベトナム民族が10世紀から19世紀にかけて，北部から南部へ先住民族をおしのけて拡大していった運動。ベトナム民族の故地であるソンコイ川(紅河)デルタ(トンキン･デルタ)は，すでに紀元前数世紀より開拓され，15世紀ころには一部の沼沢地や沿岸部を除いて開拓しつくされた。このため飢饉の発生のたびに，大量の人口が中部，南部のチャム族，クメール人の地に移動していった。これに加えて中国の中華思想の影響を受けた伝統王朝は，異文化地帯への拡張政策に熱心だった。

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