唐代物价制定及其作用

在唐代,市估不但对官方行为具有强制性作用,是官方买卖、收付折算、平赃定罪、控制物价必须依据的价格标准;对一般民间(私人)交易也有着不同程度的约束(指导、调节)作用,且在有人请求、发生争执、立券公证等情况下也不排除依市估而定。笔者以为对唐代国家的物价管理政策及“官市依估,私但两和”的交易原则,不宜做绝对性理解。

Formulation and Function of Price in the Tang Dynasty

Market prices set by the government in the Tang dynasty play mandatory roles not only in the governmental actions such as buying and selling, calculating income and expenses, evaluating bribes and crimes, and controlling the prices, but also in nongovernmental (private) trades. Therefore, the management policy of national price and the commercial exchange principle that the governmental trades are conducted under the guidance of governmental prices, and nongovernmental trades, freely can not be understood one-sidedly.