IHP-EFEO Talk 專題演講
史語所制度與社會研究室


主講人：
Dr. Laurent CHIRCOP-REYES
法國現代中國研究中心 (CEFC)

講題：
Escort-masters in Northern China: Studying a social category mixing protection against and complicity with brigandage (18th-20th centuries)

日期：二〇二二年十月二十五日（二）下午二時半

地點：
中央研究院歷史語言研究所研究大樓 703 會議室

摘要：
In the 18th century, merchants in Shanxi Province, who were victims of the
brigandage that was rampant in the steppes of Northern China, sought
protection from local martial arts masters. From the interaction between
these two worlds a new profession emerged, the “escort-master”(biaoshi
鏢師). Initially in charge of the protection of caravans' goods during
their journeys, mainly money, salt and tea, the companies of
escort-masters (biaoju 鏢局) gradually specialised in the late 19th
century in the convoying of banks' funds and the guarding of merchants’
residences (kanjia huyuan 看家護院). Today, the phenomenon is best known for
its connection with the  development of martial arts, which are still
transmitted locally. By highlighting a cryptolect called the “dark
language” (heihua 黑話), this presentation will put into question the role
of martial arts in this phenomenon. Intended in particular to avoid the
use of violence, the “dark language” reveals the forms of social
regulation at work in areas inadequately controlled by the state and the
continuum existing between the world of ancient merchants and the
borders of “rivers and lakes” (jianghu 江湖).

此演講由中央研究院歷史語言研究所陳熙遠研究員主持
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