在我国历史上,把去外府州县乡里购买的土地,一称之为寄庄。拥有寄庄的人,则称之为寄庄户。对此,有的记载这样写道:“寄,寓也。得业之民,原非土著,以其寓居于田庄者而立户”。另外,又有记载说“寄庄户,则人非版籍,徒以田产置在各里而得名者也”。寄庄大约在唐代就出现了,后来,随城市工商业的发展,土地兼并的加剧和赋税徭役的不断增加,寄庄不是在日渐缩小,而是正好相反,也呈现出不断扩大的趋势。大约到明代中叶以后,寄庄已逐渐发展到“通天下皆有”的地步。本文只想就明代的情况,作些初步的探索。 In the history of our country, the land purchased in the prefectures and counties in the prefecture and outside of the country is called collusive. Possession of people, it is called sending Zhuang households. In this regard, some records read: “Send, apartment also. The people of the industry, the original non-indigenous, with its residence in the Grange and households.” In addition, there are also records that “Send Chuang households, then people are not the version, just in the fields of origin and the name of those who also ”. Hosting around the Tang Dynasty appeared, and later, with the development of urban commerce and industry, the aggravation of land annexation and the increase of tax corvee, the pinch not not shrinking, but on the contrary, also showing a growing trend. After about the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhuozhuang has gradually developed to the point of “passing through the world”. This article only wants to make some preliminary exploration on the situation of Ming Dynasty.