《平家物语》中的“宋日贸易”

Trade between the Song Dynasty and Japan in Heike monogatari

《平家物语》讲述了日本平安时代向镰仓时代过渡时期风云动荡的历史,其记载也折射出宋日贸易的功能所在。尤其是日本平氏家族通过掌管宋日贸易,获得了巨额的经济财富、提升了军事实力、疏通了日本的海上交通。与此同时,平家还经由宋日贸易接触到中国的先进文化,受其影响形成了独具特色的平家文化。这反映出宋日贸易不仅肩负着商品流通的使命,也进行着文化传递,是海上丝绸之路的重要组成部分。

HeikeMonogatari, which narrates the turbulent history of the interim time between Heian and Kamakura periods, also reflects the functions of trade between the Song Dynasty and Japan. Through this trade, the Heike family gained great wealth, upgraded military strength and reopened Japan’s maritime traffic. At the same time, the Heike family got to know about Chinese advanced culture through trade and developed its own unique culture. All of this reflects the fact that trade with the Song Dynasty not only shouldered the mission of commodity circulation but also conducted the cultural transmission, and thus forms a part of Maritime Silk Road.