明代华南的经济作物及其地理分布

The Distribution of Cash Crops and their Regional Features in the Huanan Areas of the Ming Dynasty

经济作物在明代华南农业中占有很大的比重。从宏观上讲，明代华南的经济作物可分为衣料、饮料、油料、果树、蔬菜、木材及其他八类。本文主要论述了棉花、蚕桑、诸麻、甘蔗、茶叶、芝麻、油菜、油桐、乌桕、荔枝、龙眼、槟榔、杉树、诸竹、诸菜、香料、染料和药材的分布及其地域特征。认为明代中期以后，商品经济的发展对经济作物的生产具有较大的剌激作用，而经济作物的增长反过来又在一定程度上推动了商品经济的发展。

Abstract The was a big proportion of economic crops in the Huanan's agriculture in the Ming Dynasty, which could be divided into eight groups: apparel fabric, drinks, oil crops, fruit trees, vegetables, timber and so on. The paper mainly discusses the production and distribution of some crops such as cotton, silk worm, ramie, sugarcane, tea, sesame, oil-tea camellia. The investigation shows that the development of the commodity economy in the late Ming dynasty stimulated the production of economic crops, which gave impetus in return to the development of commodity economy.