Li Yiman, Gao Wei, Xiang Wei-Ning
Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641 China.
College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China.
Socioecol Pract Res. 2021;3(4):375-395. doi: 10.1007/s42532-021-00095-2. Epub 2021 Nov 22.
On August 15, 1962, an agreement was signed by the representatives of the Red Flag Canal users from two counties in China. Since then, it has enabled people from both counties to share canal benefits, and as such ably become a cornerstone for a peaceful canal culture between the two peoples. The agreement and its making process were both initiated by Yang Gui (), the top leader of one of the two counties who masterminded the Red Flag Canal project. In explaining his motivation, Yang Gui stated, "We are building the Red Flag Canal for posterity; we must do everything we can to save posterity the trouble." However, just "the trouble" he perceived was, the troublemaker he thought would be, and he was confident that a bilateral agreement could serve the noble goal "to save posterity the trouble", Yang Gui did not say, neither did he leave any record. In this article, we report our aspiration and endeavor to fill this knowledge gap, and present fresh discoveries and insights we derived from examining this instance through a CPR lens-an eclectic collection of economic constructs of common-pool resources (CPRs). The article is the fourth in a mini-series on the Red Flag Canal, one of the best kept secrets in the history of socio-ecological practice.
1962年8月15日，来自中国两个县的红旗渠使用者代表签署了一项协议。从那时起，它使两县人民能够共享运河带来的益处，从而成为两县人民之间和平的运河文化的基石。该协议及其制定过程均由两县之一的红旗渠工程策划者、最高领导人杨贵发起。在解释他的动机时，杨贵说：“我们修红旗渠是为了子孙后代；我们必须尽一切努力为子孙后代省去麻烦。”然而，杨贵既没有说出他所认为的“麻烦”是什么，也没有说出他认为的麻烦制造者是谁，尽管他坚信双边协议能够实现“为子孙后代省去麻烦”这一崇高目标。在本文中，我们报告了填补这一知识空白的愿望和努力，并展示了我们通过公共资源（CPRs）的经济结构这一折衷集合体——CPR视角审视这一实例所获得的新发现和见解。本文是关于红旗渠的系列短文的第四篇，红旗渠是社会生态实践历史上最保守的秘密之一。
