“莲花”与“妈姑”:清代最大矿厂名实考辨

Lotus And Magu:A Textual Research And Analysis On The Name And Realities Of The Largest Mining Factorty In Qing Dynasty

黔铅的采炼是清代矿业兴盛的主要表征之一,其在开采时间、规模、作用与影响方面堪比滇铜,但其研究却显得极其滞后。当前学术界对清代黔铅最大矿厂的认识仍然不清,大多数学者将威宁州属莲花、妈姑并列为两大铅厂。笔者经过对名称、厂址、产量的考证和两者之间关系的考察,发现二者实为一厂,而"一厂二名"现象表现出不同类型文献记载上的差异,这对于研究黔铅的产量与规模至关重要。

That expoiting and refining lead in Guizhou province is one of major characteristics of the bloom of mining industry in Qing dynasty. Compared with the copper in Yunnan province, it has resemblence in the mining time, the size and the funciton and the infulence. But nowadays many scholars have ambiguous acknowledgement to the biggest lead refinery in this region during Qing dynasty, most of them think the lead refineries called Lotus and Magu are two large individuals in Weinin state. However, through some researches on the their names, addresses, production and their relationship, I find such a fact that acturally they are the same one. And the phenomenon-- ＂one plant with two names＂ ---presents diversities among those different types of written records, which is crucial to research the scale and the production of the lead in Guizhou province.