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中西学者在讨论明清时期公益事业之时,很容易联想到欧洲历史上的“公共领域”、“市民社会”等概念。最为著名的两个例子,是罗威廉(WilliamT.Rowe)对晚清汉口公益事业的讨论和玛丽·兰金(MaryB.Rankin)对太平天国运动之后浙江地区的善后处理和社会重建过程的考察。将历史上本不相于的两件事情联系起来,这可能要冒很大的
When discussing commonweal career in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chinese and Western scholars could easily associate the concepts of “public sphere” and “civil society” in European history. Two of the best-known examples are William T. Rowe’s discussion of public welfare in the late Qing Hankou and Mary B. Rankin’s investigation of the rehabilitation and social reconstruction of Zhejiang after the Taiping movement. It may take a big deal to link two things that are not always the same in history