略论漕运与运河民间帮派文化

A Brief Analysis on Caoyun and the Culture of Civil Gang around the Canal Area

"江湖"精神是民间道统的一种传承。中国民间社会形成社团可以追溯到春秋时期,到了宋代、明代,商业发展,游商多了,民间社会逐渐发育壮大,各行各业形成自己的民间组织,即行帮。明代倚重漕运,漕军中逐渐盛行罗教,明清政府的严厉打压,使得罗教转入地下状态并衍化成漕帮。漕运衰落后,漕帮逐渐转化为青帮等民间组织。

The spirit of underground is the inheritance of folk order. The first community of civil society in China can be traced back to the early years of the Spring and Autumn Period. And then it grew and developed in the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty as the result of the development of commercial and the increasing of traveling businessmen,with all walks of life appearing. In the Ming Dynasty,Caoyun was so indispensable that Tantrayana became popular among the soldiers of Caojun. Severely suppressed by the Ming and Qing governments,Tantrayana gradually became unlawful and then derivated into Cao Gang. After the decline of water transport,Cao Gang gradually transformed into green and other civil organizations.