一个被掳者眼中的捻子——以柳堂《蒙难追笔》为视角

The Nian Army Seen From a Captive——From the Angle of Liu Tang's memoirs of Suffering Disasters

柳堂系晚清官吏,曾被捻子掳去,与捻子共同生活八十余天,留下五千余言的《蒙难追笔》。从《蒙难追笔》中可以窥视捻子的生存环境、生存方式、婚姻状况,以及如何对待被掳者,揭示捻子不同于一般农民起事的另一幅面目。该书对相关史实有补充不足、订正谬误的价值。

Liu Tang was an official in the late Qing dynasty, who had been captured by the Nian Army. He and the Nian Army lived together for over 80 days and wrote down a works of more than 5000 words, i.e memoirs of Suffering disasters. From the works,we can peep at another kind of the truth of the Nian Army＇s living environment, living style, marital status, as well as how to treat captives.Furthermore, the works uncovered another truth which the Nian Army is different from the ordinary peasant uprising. The works was of great value of Supplement to the relevant historical facts and correcting errors of them.