清末广西西江流域商贸及航运文化的再认识——以英国探险家柯乐洪对西江流域的考察为据

A Restudy of Business and Shipping Culture of Xijiang River Basin of Guangxi in the Late-Qing Dynasty Based on Archibald R. Colquhoun’s Travelogu

清末英国探险家柯乐洪著作《通过华南边疆:从广州到曼德勒旅行记事》一书中,记录、论述了其考察广西西江流域水文、资源情况,沿江枢纽城镇社会政治、经济、文化情况以及当时广西航运商贸情况,兼具档案资料价值、文化参考价值,为研究广西航运史、商贸史等提供了西方观点与视角的参考,有助于再认识当时的商贸以及航运文化,有对其进行译介、研究的价值与必要。

According to Across Chryse:being the narrative of a journey of exploration through the south China borderlands from Canton to Mandalay, in this book the British explorer Colquhoun A. R. recorded his experience and discussed the conditions in Xijiang River Basin in Guangxi Province, including its hydrology,resource, shipping trade, along with social politics, economy and cultures of the hub towns and cities by the river. The travels with its high file and culture reference value enables researchers from a westerner’s perspective to study the shipping and business history of Guangxi, which is of translating and researching value and necessity for researcher and readers.