未定论 | Unsettled
未定论编辑部 · The Editors关于中国历史、政治与思想的独立刊物。在荒诞的年代，守住判断。 An independent journal of Chinese history, politics and ideas. Holding to judgement in an age of absurdity.
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"我有田畴"：古代中国人的地从哪里来？
编者按：
英语里有句老话：”Follow the money.”（跟着钱走。）想弄清一件事背后的真相，就去看钱从哪里来、流到哪里去。
在中国历史上，钱的位置长期由土地占着。两千多年里，土地是最大的财富，是国家最主要的税源，也是普通人安身立命的根本。所以不妨换一种说法：跟着土地走，看它握在谁手里，又怎样从一些人手里流到另一些人手里。通过这个，我们能一窥历史中国社会运作的一些深层脉络。
本文是常盘贵子此论的上篇。
说起中国古代的土地，很多人脑子里只有两个词：...
新西兰的左与右（下）：被疫情改变的白云之国，还可以回到过去吗？
编者按：2026年11月7日，新西兰将举行大选。投票之后，还要经过组阁谈判，才会产生新一届政府。
作为亲历者，我觉得新西兰这个“白云之国”，从2020年起就不一样了。疫情、封控、抗议、通胀、换总理、衰退、换届、继续衰退……一件接着一件，像一个至今还没结束的历史单元。疫情头两年，事件的密度极高，也为后来漫长的日子投下了阴影。要讲清2026年的选举，得先回到上一次，回到2023年工党的败选，而那场败仗，要从2020年说起。
这是一个南半球小国的故事。如果你也曾被困在某个“今夜...
Market or State?
By Changpan Guizi, translated from the Chinese.
As the first 48-team World Cup is played across the United States, Canada and Mexico, China is once again watching from the sofa, absent from every finals since 2002. One camp blames professi...
Clans, Contract Manufacturing and Involution
By Wei Zhou ,translated from the Chinese.
Quanzhou grew rich on everything China’s growth story supposedly lacks: spontaneous private enterprise, clan networks instead of state banks, and county-sized industrial clusters nobody planned. Dr...
The Bible and Politics, Part Two
By Lance · Translated from the Chinese
Continued from Part One.
3. Spiritual warfare: building a voice online
The plague that began in 2020 swept the mainland on a larger scale in 2022, with profound consequences for China and...
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