“路不拾遗,夜不闭户”,常用来形容社会安定,民风淳朴,至今学校课本中还有“乐羊子妻”的故事。然而,在国破民衰的时代,老百姓连衣食温饱都难以得到保证,仅仅以传统与道德来约束人们的行为,“路不拾遗”或许只能是一种空想。 譬如,旧日的京城有一种类似于今日旧货市场的集市——小市。(因其多在黎明时分开市,故一般称其为晓市,后误写成小市。)其中较有名的有崇文门外的东晓市和宣武门外的西小市。小市上的旧货非常便宜,“归来嬉笑夸同辈,小市便宜买得来”,许多人赶小市多能有所收获。对于小市旧货的来源,人们却鲜有问津, “Do not pick up the road, the night is not closed,” commonly used to describe the social stability, simple folk, school textbooks so far there is “Leprosy wife” story. However, in the era of nation-building and demise of the people, it is hard for the people to be able to get enough food and clothing. Only by tradition and morality can they constrain people’s behavior. For example, the capital of the old days had a small market similar to today’s flea market. (Because they were mostly separated at dawn, they are generally called Xiaoshi and later mistakenly written into small cities.) Among the more famous, there are Dongxiao outside Chongwen and Xidi outside Xuanwumen. Small market is very cheap junk, “come back laughing exaggerated, small market to buy cheap,” many people can catch the little market gains. For the source of the small market junk, people rarely pay attention to,