Abstract: Within the course of social history research, local practices normally do not extend beyond the loca l environment in which they arise and they can only survive at the basic level where they originate .This paper finds that from 1900 to 1901, in drought- stricken Shanxi, although the very active power of charity famine relief ( yizhen) originated in the local clans of Jiangnan, this type of relief did broke out of its local origins and became a national institution of famine relief .This case not only shows a rarely noticed face of local practice, but also expands the approaches to local history.

摘要： 在通常以地方史路径为指导的社会史研究中,地方性实践既无法越出地方空间的范围,也只能维持在地方社会的层次上。本文的论述表明,在1900至1901年的陕西旱灾期间,活跃于这场灾荒中的义赈力量虽然以江南地方性系谱为基础,却构成了对国家层面上赈灾机制的直接冲击。这就展示了地方性实践逻辑为以往没有充分意识到的又一个面相,从而为进一步突破地方史路径的局限提供了某种帮助。