明清时期由于徽商的成功,加之当地地痞无赖的引诱,一些不良的社会风尚逐渐盛行。徽州是典型的宗族社会,民间赌博活动猖獗、争讼之俗愈演愈烈、资产雄厚的徽商及其子弟生活奢靡等社会问题都不利于徽州社会宗族内部的稳定,因此,为了维持族内秩序的长久稳定和发展,明清时期徽州宗族积极实施了一系列措施来匡正治理宗族内部的不良风气,遏制社会问题的进一步恶化和发展。
Due to the success of Huizhou merchants and the temptation of the local ruffians rogue during the Ming and Qing dynasties ,some bad public morals gradually prevailed .Huizhou was a typical clan society ,gambing was very rampant in folk ,the custom of the dispute was becoming more and more popular ,Huizhou merchants with enormous as-sets and their children was high -living,these social problemswere not conducive to the internal stability of Huizhou clansman,so,in order to maintain the long -term stability and development of the internal order ,Huizhou clansman have actively carring out a series of measures to improve the unhealthy public morals and curb the further deterioration and development of the social problems .