唐代城市消费的方式、水平和结构研究

Urban Consumption in the Tang Dynasty:Types,Level and Patterns

唐代城市商业经济有着较快的发展,城市居民的日常消费与市场紧密相连。城市中各个阶层虽然与市场的联系程度不太一致,但逐渐密切是共同的发展趋势。城市中的消费水平有高有低,既有官员贵族和富商们的高消费,也有普通工商业者衣食丰足的消费,更有普通市民的低消费。因此表现在消费结构上,不同的消费水平其消费结构是完全不一样的,而且不同社会阶层的消费结构也各有其特殊性。

The Tang Dynasty saw the fast development of commerce and business in cities and the daily consumption of urban residents was closely related with the market. Although people from different social classes depended on the market differently but their close relationshiop with the market increased gradually. The consumption level varied. Officials, upper class and wealthy businessmen enjoyed high consumption while the ordinary people, workers and businessmen met their basic needs in their daily life and some lower class consumed in a lower level. Their consumption patterns showed the different levels of consumption and each class had its own unique consumption pattern.