中国古代商品经济特点简论

The Features of Ancient Chinese Commodity Economy

中国封建社会商品经济具有发达较早、较为活跃的特点。但其在实质上是一种简单形态的商品经济 ,是封建自然经济的附属物和补充部分 ,这种封建依附性特点体现在三个方面 :一、商品生产发展不充分 ,基本上表现为交换价值形式下的使用价值的生产 ;二、商品经济的发展 ,表现为单纯商品流通领域即商业的异常活跃 ;三、商品经济缺乏自由发展的环境和条件 ,缺乏独立的性格。因此 ,商品经济既不能得到充分的的发展 ,也不能从根本上促成封建经济结构和生产关系的变革。

The commodity economy in ancient China developed early and actively, yet fairly simple in form as a supplement or attachment to the feudal natural economy, which is characterized by (1) the commodity production was underdeveloped, as a production of use value under exchange value; (2) its development is limited in the sphere of very active commodity circulation; and (3) it lacked the environment and conditions for free development, nor had its own features. Therefore, it neither developed nor helped to bring a fundamental transform of the feudal economical structure or the production relation.