《有泰驻藏日记》所见清末拉萨物价资料

Price Data in Lhasa in the Late Qing Dynasty from Youtai's Diary in Tibet

清末驻藏大臣有泰在藏期间政治上乏善可陈,但他几乎每天都写日记,笔耕不辍。吴丰培将其整理成《有泰驻藏日记》,共十六册。其中记载了有泰在拉萨收购物件的信息和他所见所闻的商品买卖记录。本文根据用途及性质将这些交易对象分成生活必需品、牲畜、饰物及陈设品、水果植物、皮毛产品、工艺品、书画、宗教用品、工程费用、金银钱币、宗教攒招钱、其他(包括赏钱和工钱)等十二类。这些整理罗列出的信息对了解当时拉萨地区物价情况提供了重要线索,具有一定的史料价值。

Youtai, grand minister resident of Tibet in the late Qing dynasty, had few political achievements. But he wrote diary everyday and insisted. Wu Fengpei listed them systematically into the book Youtai's Diary in Tibet, total to 16 volumes. The diary recorded commodities Youtai bought in Lhasa and commodities' trading records from his views. This paper, according to use and nature of the commodities, classifies these trading objects into life necessities, livestock, decorations and ornaments, fruit and plants, fur products, crafts, painting and calligraphy, religious articles, project costs, gold and silver coins, religion saving money, and others(including tips and wage), amount to 12 kinds. This information presented can provide clues to grasp commodity price in Lhasa in the late Qing dynasty, and it also has an important historical value.