中国古代朝贡关系之于经济人类学的独特价值

The Distinctive Value of Tributary Relationships in Ancient China to Economical Anthropology

中华文明博大精深,在“礼”的原则下形成了中国古代乃至世界历史上最独特的朝贡关系网络。长期以来,社会科学的学科方法一直没有介入这一研究领域。本文力图运用经济人类学的社会交换理论就这一问题作出自己的解释,结果发现中国古代朝贡关系对于构建和修正经济人类学的礼物理论和交换理论有着独特价值。

The Chinese culture is profound, and it molded the most unique network of tributary relationships in the ancient China, even in the history of the world, under the principle of “Li”. For a long time, the social methods haven＇t being researched it so much. This thesis tries to interpret it with the theory of social exchange in economical anthropology, and finds that it has the distinctive value for the tributary relationships of ancient China to establish and amend the theory of gift and social exchange in eco- nomical anthropology.