湖北市場における四川塩の流通
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In Sichuan (四川), the salt industry has a long history. And when Tai-ping tian-guo (太平天国) war broke out, its golden age began. Because the traffic was held up in Chang-jiang (長江), people couldn't transport salt from Liang-hui (両淮) to Hu-guang (湖広). Now Hu-guang was lacking salt, so that people suggested transporting the salt from Sichuan where is the upper reaches of Chang-jiang. In this way, Hu-guan, that had been the market of Liang-hui salt, was incorporated into the market of Sichuan salt legaly. This new marked was called Chu-an (楚岸). The rise and fall of the Sichuan salt industry had a connection with the size of Chu-an. The salt industry in Sichuan had obviously dwindled since the early years of the Republic of China. Generally, the cause of its decline was the severe tax collection by military factions and the reduction of the scale of Chu-an. Then, how was the scale of Chu-an reduced? As Tai-ping tian-guo was suppressed, Liang-hui salt and Sichuan salt began to compete for Chu-an. In 1871,the policy of division of Chu-an was decided. Some people regard this legal decision as the cause of the reduction of Chu-an, but, in view of the amount of salt which was in circulation, this is in fact, not the case. I think the amount of transporting salt from Sichuan to Hubei (湖北) had decreased since the 1890's. In the same time, Indian cotton yarn had begun to be imported to Sichuan. Originally, Sichuan salt was traded for cotton in Hubei. Now, farmers in Sichuan use Indian cotton yarn as a substitute for Hubei cotton. This signified that the traditional barter system of salt for cotton was destroyed. The reduction of Chu-an signified the destruction of ordinary trade by the modern system.
- 鈴鹿医療科学大学の論文
- 1995-03-31