明清徽州社会之“鬻身”现象探略

Probe into the Social Phenomenon of Trafficking in Huizhou during the Ming and Qing Dynasty

通过对明清时期徽州的一些卖身契进行个例分析和研究,我们发现明清时期徽州社会的人口买卖问题较为普遍,大多的底层贫苦大众通过鬻身的方式来获得必需的生活物质资料,用以缓解一时的生存压力和心灵上的生存紧张。这些鬻身问题的存在,清晰地反映出地域社会的贫苦民众在深陷历史变迁的漩涡中所体现出来的一种人生的无奈和命运的惨淡。

Case studies on some indentures in Huizhou in Ming and Qing Dynasties indicate the popularity of trafficking. Poor people at the bottom of society obtained daily necessities and relievd living and psychological pressures by means of trafficking. The social problem of trafficking reflected the helpless life and miserable destiny of Huizhou local people in the transitional period of history.