清代山西商人行商地域范围研究

A Research in the Domain Where Shanxi Merchants Took their Commercial Activities in the Qing Dynasty

山西地狭人稠,农业生产供给不足。从明代起,即有大量人口外出经商,商人地位逐渐上升,"经商"观念渐渐被大众所接受。清代,山西重商风潮更劲,多数县份都有人外出经商或在本地习贾。清代山西商人的行商足迹遍及京津、鲁、豫、两湖、江淮、东北、西南、西北地区,并拓展了蒙古市场及俄罗斯贸易区。

There was not enough land for the people in Shanxi province during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In order to live, more and more people went to do business from all over the whole Shanxi province. The position of the merchant had changed in the society. More and more people began to accept the modes of thought about doing busi- ness. The merchants of Shanxi province did their business over the broad regions, including Beijing; Tianjin; Shandong province; Henan province; Hunan and Hubei Province; Zhejiang province; the Dongbei area of Xhina; the southwest area and the northwest area of China, even Mongolia and Russia and so on.