蒙元货币统一与世界经济的诞生

Monetary Unification in the Mongolia Yuan Dynasty and the Birth of the World Economy

本文从货币经济的角度考察了公元10世纪以降两宋金元朝的货币历史关系,分析了铜币衰败和纸币统一的货币历史进程,揭示了白银替代铜钱成为计价货币的货币转轨,成为中国货币历史上的第二次货币统一。本文进一步分析指出,蒙元货币统一使东亚经济白银化,乃至亚欧大陆的白银经济初具世界意义,至此,白银的货币需求成就其世界性流动,加之美洲白银的汇入,更使世界经济从亚欧大陆拓展为全球经济。

This article examines the monetary history of the Jin and Yuan dynasties since the 10th century, analyzing the decline of the copper coin and the monetary unification with fiat paper currency.It argues that the substitution of silver for copper as quotation currency is the second monetary unification in China's monetary history. The article further points out that the monetary unification in the Mongolia Yuan dynasty pushe d forward the East Asian economy to adopt the silver as currency and enhanced the expansion of Asian and European economy into world economy.