384
亞哥剪辮
亞哥又興弟又興 新買銅鐘莫冇聲 新買銅鐘莫有聲 不怕滿州使劍刀
革命打贏哥剪辮 餓死滿州冇肚腸 餓死滿州有肚子 炸彈一去就冇毛
P.H. HASE
NOTES
These are the papers of a local village scholar (1874-1944) from Hoi Ha Village in North Sai Kung, and are now on deposit in the Sha Tin Public Library. Regional Council. The pamphlet is entitled "A New Three Character Classic", and has the classification number R802.81 0132.
I am obliged to Mr. M.Y. Lee for assistance in transcription and translation.
Papers laid before the Legislative Council of Hongkong, 1912, (Sessional Papers), No. 11, "Report on the New Territories, 1899-1912”, para. 88, page 56 (G.N. Orme, District Officer, 9th June, 1912), and Hong Kong Administrative Reports for the Year 1911, Appendix I, "Report on the New Territories for the Year 1911, A. - Northern District”, page I, 5. (G.N. Orme, District Officer, 20th June, 1912).
THE MUTUAL DEFENCE ALLIANCE (YEUK) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES
It is well-known that the traditional society of the eastern New Territories was dominated by inter-village mutual defence alliances, or Yeuk, and that the political structure of the area was dominated by further, higher-level alliances, or "unions", of Yeuk. The Sai Kung area, for instance, comprised six Yeuk, which formed a single, higher-level "union" centred on Sai Kung market; the Sha Tin area was similarly a "union" of nine Yeuk; the Sha Tau Kok area one of ten Yeuk; and the Ta Kwu Ling area one of six Yeuk. These areas were, in consequence, known in the late nineteenth century as the Luk Yeuk ("Union of Six Yeuk"), Kau Yeuk ("Union of Nine Yeuk”), etc.
Recently I discovered two copies of a document in the Yung Sze-chiu collection from Hoi Ha village in North Sai Kung by which a group of villages constituted themselves into a Yeuk. Because of the interest of this document, I append a copy and translation.
384
亞哥剪辮
亞哥又興弟又興 新買銅堡莫冇鐘 新買銅堡莫耳 不怕滿州使劍刀
革命打贏哥剪辮 餓死滿州冇肚腸 餓死滿州有肚子 炸彈一去就冇毛
P.H. HASE
NOTES
These are the papers of a local village scholar (1874-1944) from Hoi Ha Village in North
Sai Kung, and are now on deposit in the Sha Tin Public Library. Regional Council. The pamphlet is entitled 8, "A New Three Character Classic", and has the
classification number R802.81 0132.
I am obliged to Mr. M.Y. Lee for assistance in transcription and translation.
Papers laid before the Legislative Council of Hongkong, 1912, (Sessional Papers), No. 11, "Report on the New Territories, 1899-1912”, para. 88, page 56 (G.N. Orme, District Officer, 9th June, 1912), and Hong Kong Administrative Reports for the Year 1911, Appendix I, "Report on the New Territories for the Year 1911, A. - Northen District”, page I, 5. (G.N. Orme, District Officer, 20th June, 1912).
THE MUTUAL DEFENCE ALLIANCE ( †, YEUK) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES
It is well-known that the traditional society of the eastern New Territories was dominated by inter-village mutual defence alliances, or Yeuk (##), and that the political structure of the area was dominated by further, higher-level alliances, or "unions", of Yeuk.' The Sai Kung area, for instance, comprised six Yeuk, which formed a single, higher-level "union" centred on Sai Kung market, the Sha Tin area was similarly a "union" of nine Yeuk, the Sha Tau Kok area one of ten Yeuk, and the Ta Kwu Ling area one of six Yeuk. These areas were, in consequence, known in the late nineteenth century as the Luk Yeuk ("Union of Six Yeuk"), Kau Yeuk ("Union of Nine Yeuk”), etc.
Recently I discovered two copies of a document in the Yung Sze- chiu collection from Hoi Ha village in North Sai Kung by which a group of villages constituted themselves into a Yeuk,2 Because of the interest of this document, I append a copy and translation.*
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