以“广州—佛山—澳门”为轴心:明清“西江走廊”与粤桂市场整合

TAKING “GUANGZHOU- FOSHAN- Macao”AS AN AXIS:THE XIJIANG CORRIDOR AND THE MARKET INTERGRATION OF GUANGDONG AND GUANGXI IN THE MING AND QING DYNASTIES

明清时期,"西江走廊"上的广东与广西经济合作达到了前所未有的高峰,促进了两省经济的共同发展。通过对明清时期粤桂西江水系统一市场形成的地理简析,论证了连通两广的"西江走廊"是明清时期整合粤桂市场的强劲纽带。通过这条纽带,以"广州—佛山—澳门"为轴心的广东商品经济辐射,强劲且深度带动广西从东到西几乎全域的市场发育及运行,并且不仅停留于城市和县城,而是渗透到乡间小圩和各个村落层面,呈现出深度辐射状态,这在广东对全国辐射的数十省区中,可谓是独一无二的。

The economic cooperation of Guangdnog and Guangxi along the ‘Xijiang corridor’,a part of the Pearl River,reached an unprecedented summit,promoting the economic development of both provinces effectively in the Ming and Qing dynasties. By analyzing briefly the geography of the formation of unified markets along the Xijiang river system in both provinces in this period,this paper demonstrates that the‘Xijiang corridor’linking Guangdong and Guangxi is a strong bond integrating markets in the two provinces. Through the axis of Guangzhou- Foshan- Macao,the commercial economy of Guangdong drove strongly and brought along in- depth the growth of markets and their operation throughout Guangxi from the east to the west,not only the radiation covered cities and towns,but also permeated small markets and villages in the rural areas. This was the one and only case among dozens of provinces and regions that Guangdong radiated towards the whole country.