产权交易下的清代浙东契约文书述论

On Property Transaction: Contract Issue of Eastern Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty

新近发现的一千余件清代浙东地区有关产权交易的契约文书对进一步研究清代浙东土地变迁、基层社会控制以及产权交易方式都有重要价值。文书内容反映出清末浙东地区的土地演进、产权交易方式、一田二主乃至一田多主现象都有明显特色,一田多主成为清末浙东土地制度的主流。而文书中所反映的"契约"与"合同"的关系以及"客田"出现的时间等也有助于纠正目前学界的一些误解。

The newly discovered contracts about property transaction in Eastern Zhejiang has significant value for further study of land change and property transaction style. The content of these contracts shows the important characteristics-an area of land could belong to several landlords, which forms the dominant land system in those areas in the last years of the Qing Dynasty.