清末江南会馆经营状况初探——以巴县藏光绪三十三年档案为研究中心

On the State of Operation of Jiangnan Guild Hall in the Late Qing Dynasty

巴县档案中所存会馆档案,以江南会馆存量最为丰富。本文选取江南会馆光绪三十三年账本作为研究中心,配合会馆其他年份账本,分别梳理了其收入与开支项目,并以此为切入点对江南及阖省会馆的盈利情况、管理模式和祭祀活动进行探讨。此外,结合账本中的记账货币类型,文章对重庆地区货币流通领域的市场划分也有简单涉及。

Among all the archives about guild halls in the archive of Ba County, materials of Jiangnan guild hall were comparatively abundant. This paper centers on Jiangnan guild hall＇ s accounting books of 33rd year of the Guangxu＇ s reign, referring to the accounting books of other years＇ , calculated its income and ex- pense items separately. And discussing the earnings, management pattern and ritual activities of Jiangnan and its subordinate guild halls are based on their balance of payment. In addition, this paper also touches upon the market division of currency circulation in Chongqing according to the currency type in the accounting books briefly.