明清时期江淮地方官的桑棉情结及其启示

明清时期江淮地方官在江南社会经济大变动的背景下,力图借鉴江南发展桑棉种植进而推动棉纺丝织业的发展模式,在江淮地区积极劝导和推介桑棉的种植,从而结下了不解的桑棉情结。本文重点探讨了明清两代出任江淮的地方官桑棉情结产生的原因以及他们在江淮致力推介桑棉的具体措施、效果,并在此基础上得出了有益于当代的历史启示。

The Local Officials' Cotton And Mulberry Complex and Its Lessons in the Yangtze and Huaihe River Valleys in Ming And Qing Dynasties

In the drastic social economic changes in the south of the Yangtze river during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the local officials in the Yangtze and Huaihe River valleys also adopted the mode of development in the south of the Yangtze river, showing deep concern for the planting of cotton and mulberry to promote cotton spinning and silk weaving in their own administrative areas. Hence the rise of the cotton and mulberry complex. This article focuses on the exploration of the causes of the local officials' cotton and mulberry complex and the concrete measures and results of the popularization of cotton and mulberry. On the basis of this exploration, the article then draws some conclusions about the historical lessons this can bring us.