封建时代商海中的“弄潮儿”──谈《金瓶梅》中西门庆的经商之道

Wave-tip Pioneer" of Business World in Feudal times ──On Xi Men Qing＇s method of making business in "Three Sisters

《金瓶梅》的主角西门庆一生的发迹，始终是以经商获得金钱作资本的。西门庆虽集恶霸、富商、官僚三位于一体，然而在本质上首先是个商人，他精明干练，谙熟经商之道，再加上奸诈、巧取豪夺，使他在封建时代的商海中左右逢源、游刃有余。同时，西门庆的经商营业主要是为了满足他穷奢极侈的荒淫生活，因此，对社会经济发展的消极作用也是客观存在的。

Xi Men Qing, a leading role in 'Three Sisters' ,gained his fame and fortune from his business. Although he was a local tyrant, rich merchant and bureaucrat, he was virtually a merchant at first. He was intelligent and capable, familiar with the methods of making business, and what＇s more, he was treacherous and secured his properties by force and trickery. So he was able to achieve success one way or another and was more than equal to a task in the business world in feudal times. Meanwhile, the purpose of his business was mainly to satisfy his licentious life of luxury and extravagance. So its negative influence on social economic development did exist objectively.