司马迁的市场经济思想及其现代意义

The Internal Logic and Contemporary Significance of Sima Qian's Thoughts on Market Economy

司马迁的市场经济思想主要体现在《史记》中 ,肯定人的好利本性和市场机制对经济活动的调节作用是其逻辑起点 ,农工商并重、保护和发展工商业是其重点内容 ,经济自由主义是其必然结论。司马迁的市场经济思想有其理论渊源和社会基础 。

Sima Qian's thoughts on market economy get mainly represented in his Records of the Historian. The logical starting point of his ideas is the affirmation of man's profit adoring nature and the regulating role of market economy on economic activities. The major content concerns not merely the equal importance of agriculture, industry and commerce, but also the protection and development of commerce. Thus economic liberalism turns out to be the inevitable conclusion. Being of theoretical and social basis, Sima Qian's thoughts on market economy are of great enlightenment to the present development of socialist market economy.