关于崧泽文化商品经济的思考

Some Thoughts on the Commercial Economy of the Songze Culture

崧泽文化时期的经济基础是玉石小商品经济。犁耕促进了集约化农业商品粮生产,用于粮食交易的石权和商品交易计数的陶筹随之出现,陶豆等陶器则可能出于满足商品交换的需要而实现了量产;社会分工的进一步细化催生了艺术家阶层的诞生;核心地区与边缘地区商品生产形成产品和市场的互补。崧泽文化圈及其商品经济贸易圈为手工业和商业精英成为社会上层提供了路径,引发了社会的等级分化,使得长江流域的社会分化即复杂化开始于崧泽文化时期,明显早于其他地区。

The economy of the Songze Culture depended on the trade of small commodities particularly the jade and stone articles. The application of plough in agriculture boosted the mass production of commodity grains, which brought the invention of stone weights and pottery counters. The mass production of pottery dou(food container) is believed to meet the demand of commodity trades. The further division of social labor made artists a new stratum of society. The core and margin areas made up for each other in commodities and markets. The Songze Culture and the commercial economy it developed made it possible for elites in handicrafts and commerce industries to become a higher stratum of society, which led to the social stratification of the Yangtze River basin, much earlier than other regions.