《太平广记》所见唐都长安的经济意象

Economic Imagery of Tang Capital Chang′an in Tai Ping Guang Ji

唐都长安在中国历史上具有重要地位,历来被文人墨客争相吟咏,长安意象作为一种文化符号被人们广泛关注。《太平广记》是了解唐都长安的珍贵史料,其相关小说故事展现了长安城中人们的经济活动。从城市经济的角度看,这种社会生活风貌呈现出长安繁荣兴旺的经济意象。《太平广记》主要记载了长安的商品交易与经营,包括动物交易、奢侈品交易、日常生活用品经营、银行业经营、旅店业经营、酒肆经营等,从中可以看出长安经济发展的特征主要表现在逐渐完善的劳动力市场、“皆所积集”的交易市场和广泛多样的商业经营对象。

Chang′an, the capital of Tang Dynasty, has an important position in Chinese history. It has always been chanted by literati and poets. As a cultural symbol, Chang′an image has been widely concerned. Tai Ping Guang Ji is a precious historical material to understand Chang′an. Its related stories showed the economic activities of people in Chang′an city. From the perspective of urban economy, this social life style presented the economic image of prosperity in Chang′an. Tai Ping Guang Ji mainly recorded the commodity trading and management of Chang′an, including animal trading, luxury goods trading, daily necessities management, banking business, hotel business, restaurant business, etc. It can be seen that the characteristics of economic development in Chang′an were mainly reflected in the gradually improving labor market, the accumulated trading market and a wide variety of business objects.