中国古代重农抑商思想成因探析

本文结合中国古代封建社会中地主阶层的形成过程与“抑商”思想的形成过程进行分析,认为在中国古代社会商业的发展会破坏地主阶层的利益基础——小农自然经济,在以通过租佃土地收取地租的方式获取本集团利益的方式下,封建社会中最大的利益集团—地主阶层—为了自己集团的利益,必然会采取抑商思想和政策,抑制商业的发展,进而抑制商人阶层的壮大。

On the Chinese Ancient Thought of Restraining Commerce

Combining and analyzing the forming procession of the landlord stratum and the thought of restraining commerce in the Chinese ancient feudal society, this paper argues that the development of commerce can destroy the interest of the landlord stratum. The base of the landlord stratum is the natural agricultural economics and the landlord stratum get the rent through renting out their soil, so, in order to defend their own interest, the landlord stratum would surely use the thought of restraining commerce to curb the development of the business, and further more, to repress the strengthening of merchant stratum.