桑弘羊与西汉盐铁官营

Sang Hongyang and West Han Official Business of Salt and Iron

桑弘羊是西汉时期著名的理财家。他所主持的盐铁官营既扩大了盐铁业的规模化生产,又为朝廷增加了巨额的财政收入,同时也存在一些比较严重的弊端。但总体来说,桑弘羊的历史功绩巨大,其盐铁官营等财经措施也大多为后世所继承。他的历史地位应予以充分肯定。

Sang Hongyang was a famous financier of the West Han Dynasty. The official management of salt and iron business he led expanded the scale of production and increased revenue tremendously for the court, but there were also some serious problems. On the whole, Sang was a man of great historical achievements, whose economic measures, like official business of salt and iron, were mostly inherited by later generations. So his historical status should be fully affirmed.