17世纪大员华人何斌考略

A Study of He Bin from Dayuan of Taiwan in the 17th Century

在何斌向郑成功进献台湾地图的背后,是他在大员近三十年的复杂活动。自17世纪30年代到达大员以后,何斌跟随父亲经营商船贸易,担任荷兰人通事,并承包荷兰人的贌税。何斌的商贸活动,是华人贸易网络的一个缩影;以何斌为代表的华人在大员的土地垦殖促进了大员地区的开发,并且带有经营性农业的性质。由此形成的华人社会运作模式,体现了中国海洋社会经济的特征。在这一过程中,何斌等海上群体的开放性、冒险性显露无遗。这一群体展现出的海洋发展意识,值得更加深入的探讨。

Before He Bin offered Taiwan Map to General Zheng Chenggong, he had experienced much in Dayuan for nearly thirty years. He Bin arrived at Dayuan in the 1630s, he followed his father for doing ship - trade and worked as a liaison for the Dutch and paid their taxes. His business activities embodied the Chinese business network while those Chinese represented by He Bin promoted the develop- ment of Dayuan in terms of agricultural development. This operation model by the Chinese community revealed some adventurous and open - up features of maritime economy of China, which deserves further studies.