The Study On Banditry In Xiangxi During The Period Of The Republic Of China

In China's history, the people who prossess the different position often call the other side "bandit" to prove their justice. It is very difficult to give "bandit" a precise explaination, but we can generalize the bandit from its characteristic: "bandits are those people who lack explicit political task, generally they live from plunder and extort other people". Bandits became more and more during the period of the Republic of China, in the eyes of the foreigner, the period of the Republic of China was a "bandit's country". In Hunan Xiangxi, because of its serious banditry, Xiangxi became an infamous district.From the Northern Wartords to the denasty of Nanjing, bandits did not stop their exercise in Xiangxi, sometimes, they had sense of justice; sometimes, they were armed forces consisted with peasants; and sometimes, they were government troops.... it is very easy for them to change their roles. Because of these, some bandits displayed complexity from their "political nature". All these made nature of bandits became more complex in Xiangxi. Most of bandits established political power in their area, in that time, those bandits were very different from traditional bandits.The corrupt politics > destroyed economy and the morals were lost, are general factors to increase bandits. At the same time, we mast indicates bandits in Xiangxi had its owl factors such as surroundings factors, strategy factor, nationality factor> custom factor and psychology factor.For a long time, bandits live between government and the masses, on one hand, they hide themselves from army, on the other hand, they completely cut off contact with other normal people. But during the Republic of China, bandits displayed a "new" feature in Xiangxi. They not only plunder, but also seek profit from opium, and opposed army at proper time. Compared with traditional bandits,bandits in Xiangxi lived in an advantageous space, they contacted with government and the masses, they did their work with skill and ease. All these encouraged their force. So we can say, In Xiangxi, action of bandits involves traditional factors and new factors of modern time, they have genera) characters and individual characters, the action of bandits can reflect the age background from a side.