试论明清时期的吉安商人

明清时期吉安商人人数众多，主要活动在中国西部、西南等正在开发或未开发地区。他们多为弃农经商，主要经营纸张等传统商品，其经营目的主要是养家糊口，获利后多为消费性投资。吉安商人的活动促进了西部地区的经济发展，同时又强化了传统封建社会的经济基础和社会基础。

On Ji'an businessmen in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

There were many Jian businessmen in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, distributed in the developed or undeveloped areas of the west and southwest of China. They gave up farming for business and sold the traditional commodities such as paper to sustain their families. Their profits were used for the consumption investment.The Jian businessmen's activities promoted the economic development of the west areas and strengthened the economic basis and social basis of the traditional feudal society.