唐五代江南的外商

The Foreign Businessmen in the South of Yangtze River in Tang and Five Dynasties

唐代中期以后,有很多外商活跃在江南,他们有的来自阿拉伯地区,有的来自东南亚和东亚,还有一些少数民族的胡商。他们大多在江南沿海和沿长江、钱塘江一线贸易,运来了各国的奢侈品,同时又将中国的瓷器、丝绸、茶叶运回国内。江南地区胡商的大量到来,与江南经济发展后带来的物产丰富和人口增加、消费群体的庞大等有着紧密的关系。外商对江南海外贸易的发展和中外经济交流、江南产业结构的变化以及文化交流都带来了较大的影响。

There were many foreign businessmen in the south of Yangtze River after the mid-Tang dynasty. Theydid business in the areas along the sea Yangtze River and Qiantang River, bringing to China luxuries of othercountries and carrying back china, silk and tea to their own countries. Businessmen of minorities in the northand west contributed a lot to the development in that area, they had much to do with the abundance ofproducts, increase of population and consumption colony. Foreign businessmen exerted much influence onthe change in industrial structure and cultural exchange.