中国海外贸易的空间与时间--全球经济史视野中的“丝绸之路”研究

The Spatio-temporal Context of Chinese Overseas Trade:A Study on the"Silk Road"from the Perspective of Global History

任何事物都存在于特定的时空范围中,中国的海外贸易也不例外。中国的海外贸易是世界贸易的一个组成部分,而世界贸易的时空范围处在不断的变化之中。公元前2世纪到公元17世纪,世界贸易在时间上呈现出四个大时期,引起了世界贸易的空间范围也出现了重大变化。在这个大背景之中,中国的海外贸易也出现了显著的变化。

Everything exists in a specific spatio-temporal context,and Chinese overseas trade is no exception.Chinese overseas trade has been an integral part of the world trade,whose spatio,temporal context has been in a constant state of change.During the two millennia between the 2^(nd)century BC and the 17^(th)century AD,four great temporal cycles took place in the world trade,which ushered in substantial changes in the spatial range of the world trade.Under such contexts,significant changes were brought about in Chinese overseas trade.