晚清徽州的绅商冲突——以《陶甓公牍》中记载的屯溪水灾救助纠纷为例

Conflict between Merchants and the Gentry Class of the Late Qing Dynasty in Huizhou —— A Case Study of the Flood Relief in Tunxi from the Book Tao Pi Gong Du

《陶甓公牍》中记载的光绪三十四年屯溪水灾救助纠纷案件,折射出了晚清徽州社会的各种矛盾。在这场"官为主导、绅为辅助"的新政改革中,商人阶层成为官府各项捐税征缴的主要来源,这必然激发他们与官绅之间的对立与冲突。通过全面解析这起灾后救助纠纷,我们得以管窥晚清徽州社会秩序及其内在的矛盾。

The paper probes into the dispute case of the flood relief in Tunxi, Huizhou during the 34th year of Guang xu, the emperor of Qing dynasty, recorded in Tao Bi Gong Du reflects all kinds of social contradictions in Huizhou during the late Qing Dynasty. In the new policy reformation marked by official–oriented and gentry-assistant, business merchant class becomes the main source of various taxes and levies, whichinevitably triggers the opposition and conflicts between merchants and officials as well as the rural gentry. By means of the comprehensive analysis of the disaster relief case, we are able to find the inherent contradictions of the social order in Huizhou during the late Qing Dynasty.