晚清江南商品经济发达,以会馆、公所为代表的工商业组织广泛设立,成员内部互助是其一项重要职能。互助活动在清前期已经出现,从嘉庆年间进入了一个发展高峰,太平天国战争结束后进一步发展。从其内容来看,同乡组织的互助活动以设殡舍、置义冢、资助乡人运棺回乡等“送死”活动为 In the late Qing Dynasty, the commodity economy in the Jiangnan area was well developed. The industrial and commercial organizations represented by the Guild Hall and the Public Hall were widely established, and the internal mutual aid among members was an important function. Mutual aid activities have appeared in the early Qing period, entered a peak of development from Jiaqing years, and further developed after the Taiping War. From its perspective, the mutual aid activities of fellow villagers organized “death” activities such as setting up funeral homes, granting graves, granting home-runners the opportunity to return home,