陕商在开拓“西西”汉藏贸易中的历史作用

Shanxi Merchants' Historical Contributions to the Development of Han-Tibetan Trade

本文运用详实的汉藏史料从元以前陕商通过藏汉茶马贸易对“西西交流”的开拓，明代陕商与西南盐茶开中“西西”贸易的关系，清代陕商对“西西”贸易的推动和清末民初陕西沙客与陕西街的形成几个方面，首次全面论述了陕商在历史上“西西”汉藏贸易中的作用和地位，为今日开放年代的“西西合作”提供宝贵的历史经验。

With the application of full and accurate historical data of Han-Tibetan relations, this article exploited such aspects in history as the initiation of Shanxi-Tibet exchanges with tea-for-horse trade starting hefore the Yuan dynasty, the relation of Shaanxi merchants witLh the salt-for-tea trade in southeasterm China in the Ming dynasty, Shaanxi merchants' promotion to the Shaarixi-Tibet trade in the Qing dynasty, and the origina-tion of Shaarixi Lu Merchants and Shaanxi Street in Tibet in the late Qing or eary Min period. For the first time in history, the article made a comprehensive exposition of the influence and position Shaarixi merchants had in the Han-Tihetan trade in history, thus providing valuable historical experiences for teday, Shaanxi-Tibet coo-peration.