明清松江府棉布产量与市场销售问题新探

A New Study of the Output and Market of Cotton Fabric in Songjiang Prefecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties

明清时期,松江府是全国的棉纺织业中心。从劳动生产率、劳动时间和劳动力数量等角度考察,明代晚期,松江府棉布产量最多为1575万匹,外销量最多为1305万匹;清代中叶产量最多为3000万匹,外销量在2600万匹左右。明代“松江棉布,衣被天下”,只是市场有效需求不足的结果。清代松江棉布销售区域大大压缩,并不是市场竞争的结果,而是基于其生产能力、运输成本以及与外地经济联系的结果。

In Ming and Qing dynasties, Songjiang region was the centre of cotton textile inclustry, viewing the laboring productivity , labor amount and laboring time, this article comes to a conclusion different from people before. The socalled “Songiiang cotton fabric covering all the world” was just the result of insufficient effective demands in the market. The sharp condensation of Songiiang cotton fabric market areas in Qing Dynasty was not the consequence of the so called “market competition”, instead the consequence of the interaction of its manufacturing ability, transportation and connection with economies of other areas.