宋代铜钱铸造业的盛衰与铸钱成本变动

宋代铜钱铸造业由宋初开始逐步发展 ,到熙丰年间达到最盛 ,此后便呈现出衰落趋势 ;而铸钱成本不顾官府种种降低它的努力 ,却随着物价变动呈现逐渐上升趋势。也就是说 ,铸钱业兴盛时期 ,铸钱成本低 ;而铸钱业衰落时期 ,铸钱成本高。很明显 ,铸钱成本变动与铸钱业盛衰有不可分割的联系 ,而这主要是由于官府铸钱的赢利目的引起的 ,但由于赢利不是官府铸钱的惟一目的 ,导致二者之间的这种联系不是完全的正相关关系。

Study on the Vicissitude of Copper Cash Casting and Cost Change in Song Dynasty

In Song dynasty,copper cash casting develops gradually and reachs prosperity during xining and yuan feng period,after this,takes on the trend of declining;the cost of copper cash casting rises gradually owing to rising Price in sPite of feudal official's efforts.So to speak,copper cash casting develops,the cost is low;it declines,the cost is high.Apparently,there is a kind of indiscerptible relation between them,this is caused mainly by feudal official's profit|making aim,but profit making is not the only aim of casting copper cash,this causes the relation not an absolute positive correlativity.