长江流域文明起源商品经济模式新探

Commercial Economy Driving Civilization: A Model of the Yangtze River Reach

分析双墩、薛家岗、柳林溪、杨家湾、良渚等长江中下游文明化进程中重要遗址中出土的商品经济与刻符陶器考古资料,可知长江流域以商品经济文明起源模式迈进了商业文明和国家的门槛,其神权与军权结合且神权为主的社会公权特征,与中原地区形成了巨大的差别,极大地丰富了我们对中国文明起源模式与道路的多样性认识。

Examinations on the inscribed potteries and other materials featuring commercial economy unearthed from major sites of various cultures such as Shuangdun, Xuejiagang, Liulinxi, Yangjiawan, and Liangzhu, which played important roles in the civilization process of the Yangtze River Reach, indicate that the Yangtze River Reach entered the era of commercial civilization and states through the development of commercial economy. The feature that public power was authorized by divine and military powers with the former dominating in this area, which differentiated from that of the Central China, greatly enriched the understanding on the diversity of modes and approaches that originated Chinese civilization.