古代铸钱中心梅根冶在池州考

On the Site of Ancient Coin Casting Center Meigenye in Chizhou

梅根冶是六朝至隋唐时期江南地区盛极一时的铜矿采冶与钱币的铸造中心。梅根冶所产之铜上继先秦时期闻名遐迩的"吴越之金锡"和汉代声名远播的"丹阳铜",下启宋代四大铜监之一的"永丰监",将皖南铜矿冶铸业的历史连缀成数千年不断发展的画卷,本文广征博考,证明梅根冶、梅根监的故址应在古南陵,即今安徽池州的梅龙,而非今南陵县,并就梅根冶的采冶、铸币规模等问题作了考证,以澄清在这些问题上的一些错误观点。

Meigenye was the popular coin casting and copper mining & smelting center from the Six Dynasties to Sui and Tang Dynasties in the South of Yangtze River.Following the famous Wuyue Gold-tin in Pre-Qin period,the well-known Danyang Copper in Han Dynasty,introducing the Yongfengjian,one of the four coin factories in Song Dynasty,Meigenye connected the history of copper smelting and casting into a picture of several thousand years of continuous development.By quoting extensively and checking fully,this paper proves that the site of Meigenye and Meigenjian should be in ancient Nanling,i.e.,Meilong in Chizhou City,Anhui Province rather than present Nanling County.It also makes a textual research on such questions as mining,smelting and scale of coin casting so as to clarify some false ideas.