盛泽市镇及其四乡在三个时段中的成长

The Development of Shengze Town and Its Rural Area in Three Periods of Time

盛泽市镇聚落的成长经历了先秦至明初长时段的缓慢演变、明中叶至清中叶中时段的急速推进以及清末民国短时段的冲击与变迁,整个过程既不同于传统时代中国内陆地区绝大部分城镇基于行政与军事中心的主要起源,又与近代以来长江三角洲地区在口岸都市化驱动下的城镇骤变有着本质上的区别。整个过程遵循了江南市镇所特有的发展道路,即由乡村聚落到工商业市镇,进而成为兼具初级行政职能的区域性经济社会中心。可以说,盛泽的兴起与繁荣具有明清时期依附于自然经济体制之内的商品经济的特质;而19世纪中叶以后,它在经济社会的近代突变中得以保全、存续与变迁,则承载了其传统特质的递进与转型。

The settlement development of Shengze went through the long period of time with slow evolvement from pre-Qin to the early days of Ming Dynasty, the middle period of time with sharp advance in the middle periods from Ming to Qing, and the short period of time with impact and flux in the end of the Qing Dynasty and the early days of Republic. The whole process were not only different from the main origin of mostly towns in traditional China for administration and military affairs, but also had essential diffe...