19世纪以来印度帕西人的社会融入与生存挑战

Social Integration and Survival Challenges of the Parsis in India since the 19th Century

19世纪,印度帕西人在法国、英国、葡萄牙、荷兰等欧洲国家进入印度时,凭借自身的精湛技艺、经商天赋和优良品格,迎接挑战,抓住机遇,通过造船业、纺织业、经理行等途径,实现了经济上的崛起,成为印度的精英阶层,对印度乃至整个南亚地区的经济和生活产生了重要影响。与此同时,帕西人积极引进西方教育,并进行了内部管理机构和宗教传统的现代化改革。然而,20世纪以来,帕西人面临着商业萎缩和多种内外冲突的挑战,尤其正遭受着人口锐减的严重威胁。

In the 19century, when European countries such as France, Britain, Portugal and Holland entered India, the Parsi people met the challenges and seized the opportunities by virtue of their excellent skills, business talent and good character, and realized economic rise and became the elite class of India through shipbuilding, textile industry and managing agencies, hence having an important impact on the economy and life of India and even the whole South Asian region. At the same time, the Parsis actively introduced Western education and modernized their administration and religious traditions. However, since the 20century, the Parsi community has been faced with the challenges of shrinking commerce and multiple internal and external conflicts, and particularly the serious threat of sharp population decline.