试论近代广西商业环境的建构——以平南大乌圩列圣宫碑铭为透视点

On the Construction of Modern Guangxi Commercial Environment——Based on the inscriptions of Liesheng Palace at Dawu Town,Pingnan

民间的神灵信仰对近代广西商业环境的构建和发展至关重要。宗教寺庙是近代广西粤商祭神、议商、聚乡人、平纠纷的重要场所。神灵信仰对粤商的经商理念及秩序的规范起着重要的引导作用。近代以来大批粤商进驻平南县大乌圩从事商业活动,几经修葺列圣宫以营造良好的商业社会环境,并留存着许多碑铭。这些碑刻资料蕴藏着丰富的历史信息,是研究粤商的神灵信仰与商业社会环境之间互动关系的重要民间历史文献,建议予以充分地利用与保护。

The folk supernatural belief was critical to the construction and development of modern Guangxi commercial environment. Religious temples were the important places where Guangdong merchants per-formed ceremonies, bargained, gathered folks, and bridged the commercial gaps among the traders in mod-ern Guangxi. The supernatural belief played an important guiding role in Guangdong merchants＇ business philosophy and the standardization of business order. The modern times saw a large number of Guangdong merchants engaged in commercial activities in Dawu Town, Pingnan. They built Liesheng Palace several times to create a good social environment of business, and kept many inscriptions. These stone inscriptions contain an abundant of historical information, which are important historical folk literature that can be used to research on the interactive relationship between Guangdong merchants＇ supernatural belief and the social environment of business, therefore they should be made full use of and protected.