越国货币形态的考察

A Research for the Money of Ancient Yue State

长期以来对越国的货币形态研究甚少,各种钱币学和货币史论著中均乏记载,至今仍是中国货币史上一个悬而未决的迷案。数年前,笔者开始涉及这一问题的研究,但认识还不很清楚,这是因为一方面是受出土资料的局限;另一方面,传统观念以为南方长期在文化上落后于北方,如吴、越诸国被华夏列国视为蛮夷。经济不发达,至于当时的货币形态,则认为还普遍处于物物相易的原始阶段。

In this article the author depends upon documents and unearthed cultural relics data from south-east area in china to research on the money formation of ancient Yue Kingdom that is a flourishing. Author Considers that there are material money,metal measure money and Coin etc. in Yue kingdom. And there are diversities among the money. There are ever clam shell and blood clam shell etc. material money after western zhou Dynasty;then there are cloths and treasures etc. material money. And small gold cake, gold disc and bronze piece metal measure money etc lasted a long time until late of Warring States. Copper clam Shell and Copper blood clam shell are higher money formation in flourshing times in Yue Kingdom. And it is result of the commodity economy's development.