明代大同马市贸易简述

A Brief Introduction to the Horse Trade of Datong in Ming Dynasty

大同地处中原边陲,为明之边防重镇,尤受统治阶层重视。随着明朝与蒙古鞑靼部战事的平息,边境趋于安宁,蒙汉两族人民要求互市的愿望日益强烈,在官员的提议及政府的作为下,大同边贸互市兴起并逐渐走向繁盛。本文以明代大同马市为线索,从明初边防概况及明政府的边贸政策、与明中期马市开放及贸易盛况、再到朝贡贸易对大同马市的影响等三个方面出发,详细叙述明代大同马市发展概况。

Datong is located on the border of the Central Plains,the important border town of the Ming Dynasty,and is especially valued by the ruling strata.As the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Tatar tribe subsided,the border tended to be tranquil,and the aspirations of the Mongolian and Han peoples for mutual market were increasingly strong.Under the proposal of officials and the actions of the government,Datong Border Trade rose and gradually flourished.This article takes the horse trade of Datong in the Ming Dynasty as a clue,starting from the general situation of border defense in the early Ming Dynasty and the border trade policy of the Ming government,the opening up and trade boom of horse trade in the middle of Ming Dynasty,and then the influence of tributary trade on the horse trade of Datong,the development of the horse trade of Datong in Ming Dynasty was described in detail.