英国人类学家布洛赫（MauriceBoob）在题为《钱在伊墨利纳的象征意义》一文中的开头，谈到了他在马状加斯加中部的惠利纳人（TheMerina）中做田野研究时最让他感到为难的时刻。那是当他要结束第一阶段田野调查准备回英国时，与他建有亲密关系的一个村户的家长递给了他一笔数量 The British anthropologist Maurice Boob, at the beginning of his article entitled “Money in Symbolism in Imelland,” talks about his work in The Merina, in central Magazzasia The moment of study that made him feel embarrassed. That was when he was about to complete the first phase of the field investigation and was ready to go back to England, and the parents of a village that he had established close relations with gave him a sum of money