明中后期拜金主义的盛行

The Prevalence of Money Worship in the Mid and Late Ming Dynasty

明中叶以来,商品经济发展迅速,金钱在日常社会生活中的作用日益凸显,人们传统的价值观念由此发生变化,拜金主义盛行,社会风气日渐浮薄,从而加速了明王朝的灭亡。

Since the middle of Ming Dynasty, the commodity economy, developed rapidly, resulted in the fact that mon- ey had become increasingly prominent in the daily life. Meanwhile, both of people＇ s traditional values and social atmo- sphere gradually changed, thus speeding up the demise of the Ming Dynasty.