明清时期萧绍平原的水利协作与纠纷——以三江闸议修争端为中心

Cooperation and Conflict Involving Irrigation Works in Xiaoshao Plain in Ming and Qing Dynasties

明中叶浦阳江改道西出钱塘江后,绍兴知府汤绍恩主持在西小江河口创建了三江闸,萧绍平原山阴、会稽、萧山三县在共享水利的同时共同对这一工程进行维护和管理,由此构成了区域性的利益共同体。清康熙末年,三县围绕大闸修缮问题产生争端,其中以毛奇龄为代表的萧山部分士绅对自身所承担的义务提出质疑,坚持罢修,影响深远。本文通过对争端过程的梳理和分析,认为毛奇龄的意气讨伐除个性使然外,也暗含着萧绍平原内外水利形势演变的深刻背景,以此案例可以揭示自然环境变迁背景下区域水利协作与冲突的一个面相。

Three counties-Shanyin,Kuaiji and Xiaoshan-were responsible for the maintenance of the Sanjiang dam. These counties thus formed a regional interest group. But in the late Kangxi reign,the Xiaoshan gentry represented by the outspoken Mao Qiling decided to abandon this dam. Investigating the cooperation and conflicts involving this dam,the present paper attempts to revisit this issue in a deeper and broader perspective.