试论明代西域商队的贸易风险

明代与西域的商业往来主要体现为贡赐贸易的形式,穆斯林商人们以西域贡使的身份来到中原,将商品以贡物方式出售,明政府则以赏赐的方式偿付,西域贡使在明王朝境内受到热情的款待,且其货物也得到高额回报,商贸风险不大,最大的威胁来自于旅途中恶劣的自然环境和盗匪的劫掠。本文拟就这一问题做一探讨。

On the Commercial Risk of Trade Caravans from the Western Regions in the Ming Dynasty

Generally speaking： the form of trade between the Ming dynasty and the wenstem Regions embodied in the term of contributions and largesses - in - return . muslim merchants , who were regarded as the western contribution ambassadors, came to the central China selling their products in the forms of contribution goods ; on the other hand , were paid in largess in return. That the Western Region merchant were warmly received by the Ming Dynasty and that they risked no danger in their trade . Thereful , the most destructive threat came from the serere natural enrironment and robberies form gangsters Hence ,my essay mainly focuses on the issue mentioned above .