近代来华西人笔下的广西匪患

Record of Guangxi's Banditry by Modern Westerners in China

近代广西多匪是中西文献中常见的记载,基本形成一个共识:近代广西匪患严重、盗匪猖獗,导致社会不宁、传教艰难。归结其原因,多为匪徒的贪财与仇外以及官方的处理不当。劫持、绑架"洋票",不仅会酿成地方性事件,而且也成为一种"另类"的中西交往方式。近代广西匪患既对地方社会稳定和经济发展产生影响,也使来华传教士的传教活动受阻,同时还影响到特殊时期的中外关系。

In Chinese and western literature, banditry was recorded as a common phenomenon in modern Guangxi province, and there was a consensus that banditry was serious and rampant in modern Guangxi resulting in social unrest and missionary difficulties. The reasons could largely be ascribed to bandits' greed for money and xenophobia, as well as improper handling of local governments. Kidnapping foreigners led to local events and became a strange way of communication between China and the West. In a word, banditry in modern Guangxi not only affected the local social stability and economic development, but also hindered western missionary activities and Sino-foreign relations in the special period.