民国时期广西民间典当业探略

On Pawning During the Period of the Republic of China in Guangxi

典当是中国传统民间借贷方式中最重要的一种,属于抵押性质的高利贷。近代广西民间典当业有饷押和小押,饷押主要存在于城镇,小押则在农村,它们在人们的借贷中占有重要地位。典当尽管利率高昂,但也不无积极作用。

Pawnbroking is one the most important types of the traditional Chinese borrowing ways, and it belongs to the mortgage loan sharking. To people, the pawnbroking, including the pawnshops and small pawnshops, had an important position in their lending occupies, Despite of the high interest rates, it still had active function.