“开埠”一词,让人纠结的是那个“埠”字。街头巷尾,随便找几个上海人问问:“埠”字何解?相信少有人弄得清爽。查辞书,埠有三解。解一,码头;解二,城市;解三,特指商埠。开埠一词成为上海人的熟语,是从170年前缔结《中英南京条约》开始的。斯时之上海,恰好把“埠”字的三大义项全部囊括了。码头?是。城市?是。商埠?也是。既然都是,那还“开”哪门子“埠”?没错,“埠”之成立,的确是要以“开”字为前提的。没有开放,没有熙来攘往你进我出物流滚滚,无论码头、城市或商埠,都是死水一潭,别说发展,维持都难。但上海这座水 “Port ” the word, people tangle is that “port ” word. The streets and lanes, just to find a few people in Shanghai to ask: “Port ” what the solution? Believe that few people made fresh. Charles dictionary, there are three solutions. Solutions a, dock; solution two, the city; solution three, especially commercial port. The phrase port opening became the idiom of the Shanghainese, starting from the conclusion of the “Sino-British Nanjing Treaty” 170 years ago. The time of Shanghai, just to “bu ” word of the three justice terms all enumerated. Pier? City? Commercial port? Since all are, it also “open ” Which son “port ”? Yes, the establishment of “port ” is indeed to “open ” as a precondition. Not open, no bustling You into me out of the billowing stream, whether docks, cities or commercial ports, are stagnant water, let alone development, maintenance are immune. But this water in Shanghai