从丝织品价格波动看汉代社会消费变迁

Social consumption changes from the perspective of price fluctuation of silks in Han dynasty

西汉前期至东汉,丝织品价格有较大波动,不同地区丝织品价格也表现出很大差异。通过对比丝织品各时期、不同地域的价格波动差异及与其他生活消费品价格差异,发现随着时间的推移,丝织品与其他商品的价格比值在逐步缩减,消费丝织品的数量却在递增。这一现象说明,汉代社会消费水平在不断提高,丝织品逐渐演变为社会消费的主要商品,其中缣、素、练等是消费丝织品中的主要品种,极大冲击着封建等级制度,改变了汉代传统消费观念,丝织品消费(非生活必须品)日益成为社会消费的一般形态。

From the early stage of the Western Han dynasty to the Eastern Han dynasty,the prices of silk had large fluctuations,and also showed significant differences in different areas. By comparing the silk price fluctuation in the different periods,different areas and price difference with other consumer goods,we could find,as time goes on,the price ratio of silk and other commodities gradually shrinks,but the quantity of silk consumption is increasing. This phenomenon indicates that the social consumption level in Han dynasty improved continuously and silks became the main items of social consumption. Among them,Jian,Su and Lian were the main consumption varieties of silks.They great impacted the feudal hierarchy and changed the traditional consumption custom of Han dynasty. Silk consumption（ non-necessities of life） increasingly became the general form of social consumption.