试论春秋战国时期商品经济的产生和发展

商品经济包括商品生产和商品交换。在中国历史上，真正意义上的商品经济是春秋战国时期产生的。春秋战国时期，社会生产力的进步，促进了社会分工的扩大和交换的发展，形成了一支专门从事商品生产和商品交换的工商业阶层。他们以其雄厚的经济实力，立足于社会历史舞台。他们所从事的生产和经营，构成了新型社会经济结构中的重要组成部分，对当时和后世都产生了深远的影响。

On the Commodity Economy in the Period of Chunqiu and Warring State

Commodity economy, including commodity production and management, formally came into being during the period of Chunqiu and Warring State in Chinese history. Owing to the enlargement of social divisions and the development of exchange which were promoted by the improvement of productive forces, an industrial and commercial class, engaged in commodity production and management,was formed in the period of Chunqiu and Warring State. Dependent on their solid economic base, they played a decisive role in the economic development at that time. Their commodity production and management constituted an important part in the new social economic structure, which made a notable and everlasting impact on the economy both of that time and of the following times as well.