契约文书作为见证房地流转的第一手资料,能较客观真实地反映出普通民众生活的状况。近年来随着各地契约文书的搜集整理,其价值也日益凸显出来。笔者从山西大学郝平先生已收藏的山西契约文书中整理出晋冀鲁豫根据地的契约377件。对这些边区契约文书的研究,使抗战时期晋冀鲁豫边区人民生活全貌更真实丰富地展现出来。这377件晋冀鲁豫边区契约文书都是红契。所谓红契就是经过政府认证、收税,盖有政府印章的契约,也叫“官契”。通过整 Contract documents as witness the circulation of first-hand information, can more objectively and truly reflect the general public life conditions. In recent years, with the collection and arrangement of contract instruments around, its value has also become increasingly prominent. The author from the Shanxi University Mr. Hao Ping Shanxi contractual documents have been collated in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan base contract 377. The study of these instruments of border area contract makes the whole picture of people’s life in the margins of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan during the war more vividly displayed. These 377 Jinjiluyu border contract documents are red deeds. The so-called red deed is a government accreditation, tax collection, covered by a government seal of the contract, also known as “Crown Lease ”. Through the whole