本文基于1892年廣西太平土州村落所立石碑材料,結合其他文獻資料,說明現代"文明"概念當時已由日本輾轉傳播至廣西,開始進入地方社會實踐的脈絡之中。清初以來,土官轄民不斷爭取參與科舉考試來獲得身份自由,而"文明"的到來,為土民提供了新的身份變更的良機;同時,土官在當地士紳的協助之下,以實踐"文明"為理由,試圖將土官對地方的剝削合理化。

This article based on the stele inscriptions established in the Taiping village of Guangxi in 1892.Combining through other literature documents,this research aims to clarify that the concept of"civilization"was already introduced to Guangxi from Japan at that time and infiltrated into the local practice context.Since the early Qing period,subordinates of local chieftains continuously acquired free social status by taking the imperial examinations.Thus the advent of "civilization"provided a good chance for changing new social status.Meanwhile,with the support of local gentry,the chieftains attempted to use the practice of"modern"as an excuse of rationalizing their exploitation of local society.