边疆经济发展历程中不可忽视的民间力量——评《广西商业会馆研究》

The Social Forces in the Development of the Frontier Economy: Comments on the Study of Business Hall in Guangxi

长期以来,人们习惯用政府政策对民间经济的影响来思考我国在各个历史时期的经济发展状况,而对民间自身的发展力量未引起相当重视。习惯历史研究的静止观,总在试图寻找"总体发展规律"而忽视了历史发展的多样性,个体性和特殊性。《广西商业会馆研究》的论述表明,在重农抑商思想长期占主导地位的传统社会中,民间力量对于推动地区商业经济活动发展,尤其是对边疆地区的开发显得尤为重要。但是,民间力量的作用长期被人们所忽视。《广西商业会馆研究》一书有助于引导读者从新的视角认识历史发展的动力,以至重视与思考民间力量。另外,该书研究民间力量的依据与方法也能给读者较多启迪。

For a long time, government policies have dominated the economic development and the social forces in the development of economy have been neglected. Accustomed to the history study, static view always attempts to find out the general law of development and ignores the diversity, individuality and characteristics. The book entitled the Study of Business Hall in Guangxi holds that in the traditional society which is dominated by the thoughts focusing on agriculture instead of business, people have always no aware of the fact that social forces have been playing an important role in the development of the region economy, especially the frontier economy. The book offers a new point of view to understand the historical development forces which include the social forces. Another highlight of the book is the method used to study the social forces.