清代黔东南苗疆范围大致包括今榕江、三都、丹寨、雷山、台江、剑河及其邻近地带,这一地区雍正朝开辟前向为“生界”。雍正年间,鉴于西南边疆形势变化,清廷在此进行了大规模军事行动,设置了“新疆六厅”,为巩固统治,避免文化冲突,朝廷在此推行了教化为先,学校为本之策,对黔东南苗疆,乃至西南边疆的稳定发挥了积极作用。
In the Qiandongnan, Miao boundary briefly covered the now Rongjiang Rongjiang, Sandu, Danzhai, Leishan, Taijiang, Jianhe and its neighboring region, known as "strange area" before Yong- zheng came to power. During the Yongzheng Dynasty, considering the change in southwest frontier situation, the Qing dynasty established a massive military presence and set up "Sixth Department of New Border Areas" and in order to consolidate the feudal rule and avoid the clash of culture, the court executed the strategy of "domestication first with school as the root", which played a positive role in stabilizing the Qiandongnan Miao boundary, and even the southwest frontier.