回顾与前瞻——以明清时期商品和市场为例

Towards a Further Understanding of Commodities and Markets in the Ming and Qing Periods

本文主要通过对明清时期商品与市场研究的回顾,指出过去研究之不足,以及存在的问题。尤其是针对一些同志认为中国封建社会是自给自足的自然经济社会,此问题关系到对封建社会经济体制认识,故做了较多说明。另外,本文还提出明清时期商品和市场研究中需要研讨的问题。

Commodities and markets have long been discussed,but there still are important subjects,which have not been fully researched yet,and there are key concepts to be well defined and applied,especially those of economic form in imperial China.About whether it is a self-sufficient natural economy in the history of China,this paper argues that it is not.Some promising directions for future research on commodities and markets are also included in this paper.