明代地域商帮兴起的社会背景

明代中期起,交通条件大为改观,商品生产日益发展,商品流通愈形发达,白银逐步货币化,商业税率相形变轻,以及社会各阶层对商人看法的改变,构成了形成地域商帮极为有利的全国大背景。与此同时,各地的商品生产特点,自然地利条件和产品结构,明廷的边防边贸和对外政策,各地的风土人情以及对待经商的认识等各种因素,成为各地商帮兴起的地域社会因素。

Social Background of the Formation of Regional Commercial Groups in the Ming Dynasty

Since the middle period of the Ming Dynasty, the communication was greatly approved, the development of commercial production came to increased; silver was taken as currency; commercial duties decreased, and every social status took a new look to the businessmen. These all conduced to the formation of regional commercial groups. In the meanwhile, characteristics of commercial production, natural advantages and production structures of every region, the frontier and foreign policies of the Ming Dynasty, local customs and their attitudes to business etc. became social factors of the constitution of the regional commercial groups.