从山东临朐出土的刀币看齐国的工商官营

The industrial and commercial government of Qi as seen from the knife coins unearthed in Linqu,Shandong Province

临朐处于齐国的南部边陲,是齐长城的重要分布地,是连接齐国和鲁国、楚国和莒国的重要通道。临朐境内出土的“齐刀币”数量较多,年代较早,带铭文的有三字、四字、五字、六字等铜尖首刀达七种之多。临朐境内刀币较多与当时齐国在此建立的关防、驻军和市场有关,反映出齐国工商业官营的特点。

As the southern border county of Qi,Linqu was bordered by the three states of Lu,Chu and Ju,with the Great Wall of Qi stretching across the county from west to east.The Qi knife coins unearthed in Linqu are of early age and has been used for a pretty long time.There are as many as six kinds of Sharp copper knife coins shaped with three characters,four characters,five characters and six characters.As one of the currencies in Chinese history,knife coins were widely used during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States Period,which reflects the prosperity of commodity exchanges of Qi benefited from the abundant fish and salt since it was located in the coastal area.Based on the sorting and analysis of the characteristics of casting,circulation and findspots,this paper comes to a conclusion that the Qi knife coins are closely related to the commodity exchanges and economicdevelopment in the surrounding areas.