近代太原地区的粮价动向与粮食市场——以《退想斋日记》为中心

The Change of the Grain Price and the Situation of Grain Market in Modern Taiyuan Area

本文通过利用《退想斋日记》中所记录的近代山西太原地区粮食价格数据 ,分析了近代太原粮价的长期变动趋势 ,并在此基础上考察了该地区的粮食流通市场状况。本文认为 :清代太原地区的粮食流通体系已经形成 ,并有一定程度的发展 ,它所具有的两级粮食流通体系———外部省际与内部县际流通渠道 ,使太原地区的粮价能够保持一种长期相对稳定的局面。

Tui xiang zhai Diary written by Liu Dapeng in late Qing dynasty recordated vividly his own life and society economy of Taiyuan in Shanxi province at that time. This article try to inspect the change in a long period of the grain price and the situation of grain market in modern times. The article consider that the grain circulation system had formed in the Qing dynasty in Taiyuan area, comparing with Shanghai,we find that there were coincided between Taiyuan and the home market. Two type of foodstuff circulation systems--external circulation among the provinces and internal circulation among the counties, made the grain price in Taiyuan area keeping steady over a long period of time.