义和团运动的社会成因既要从社会制度产生危机的内外根源来寻找 ,也要从发生地的局部社会结构和民间文化因素来寻找。义和团运动为什么首先出现在鲁西 ,而不是出现在受帝国主义经济冲击更为严重的广东及江南地区 ?义和团宗教形式的来源究竟是白莲教 ,还是鲁西民间文化 ?义和团本身的习武内容 ,属于“武术”抑或“巫术” ?对这些问题的探讨有助于全面揭示义和团运动的起源 The social causes of the Yihetuan Movement should not only be sought from the internal and external causes of the crisis of the social system, but also from the local social structure and the folk culture of the place where it occurs. Why did the Boxer movement first appear in Luxi instead of in Guangdong and the Jiangnan areas that were more seriously affected by the imperialist economy? Whether the source of the Boxers’ religious form is White Lotus or the Luxi folk culture? Belongs to “martial arts” or “witchcraft?” The exploration of these issues helps to fully reveal the origins of the Boxer movement