一、引言在本学期开展的一门社会学专业选修课──“历史社会学”上,我读了一本书,即杜赞奇的《文化、权力与国家》。阅读本书的过程中,我渐渐开始对第五章“乡村社会中的宗教、权力及公务”产生浓厚的兴趣,尤其是讲述“华北地区的保护神──关帝”的那一节。于是,下面三个问题逐渐清晰地浮现在我的脑 I. INTRODUCTION I read a book entitled “Culture, Power and the State” of Socrates in the elective course of Sociology this semester - “Historical Sociology”. As I read through this book, I gradually began to have a great interest in Chapter V, “Religion, Power and Officials in Rural Society,” especially about the “God of North China” one period. As a result, the following three issues gradually come to my mind clearly