从合金成分所见明代铸币改革

Seigniorage Reform in Ming Dynasty as Seen from Alloy Composition

明嘉靖年间(1522-1566)是我国铸币发展史的一个重要转折点,在这一时期我国的钱币材质由青铜转变为黄铜。虽然这一问题很早就被前人所注意,但之前的研究大多是将青铜材质与黄铜材质分开进行研究。本文将以合金成分作为切入点并结合马克思主义政治经济学,将青铜材质与黄铜材质放在一起进行考虑,以求揭示这次铸币改革的原因以及对明代社会乃至我国封建社会钱币体系的影响。

The Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty(1522-1566)was an important turning point in the history of seigniorage in China.During this period,the material of coins in China changed from bronze to brass.Although this problem has been noticed by predecessors a long time ago,most of the previous studies are based on the separation of bronze and brass.Taking the alloy composition as the starting point and combining with Marxist political economy,this paper will consider the bronze material and brass material together in order to reveal the reasons for this seigniorage reform and its influence on the coin system of the Ming Dynasty and even the feudal society of our country.