Village rules are formulated through collective discussion by the folk people in a certain area. The kind of rules is commonly supervised and implemented by heads of clans,the elder with high status in a village (or heads of fastnesses,or dulao,which means a head of a clan in the ethnic Zhuang),tribal chiefs,and organizations of tuanlian (a kind of village military group during the Qing Dynasty,1 6 1 6-1912),and functions well as a complement to the national law.In Guangxi Province during the Qing Dynasty,village rules made a lot of normative agreements for and were implemented in practice in economic activities,and played an important role in aspects such as protecting agricultural production activities,coordinating various social relationships in manufacturing industry, maintaining fair trade order,and ensuring the interests of merchants.In contrast,the kind of rules functions better in adj usting social economic activities in rural rather than urban communities.%乡规民约由一定区域的民众集议制订，一般由族长、乡老(寨老、都老)、头人以及团练组织监督执行，对国家法起到补充作用。在清代广西社会中，乡规民约对经济活动作出了很多规范性约定，并得到实施，在保护农业生产活动、协调手工业的各种社会关系、维护圩市贸易秩序及保障商民利益等方面起着重要作用。相对而言，其对乡村社区经济活动的调适比对城镇社区经济活动的调适更为有效。
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