西汉前期抑商政策原因新探

从西汉前期几位主要思想家的抑商主张可以看出,当时西汉政府采取抑商政策的实质并不是要完全地抑制商业,而是对一些僭越礼制、进行政治投机或与一些不老实的诸侯勾结、或进行行贿危害官僚系统纯洁性、或与中央争夺经济优势特权的一些不仁、不义、不安分的私商大贾进行严厉的压制。可以说,西汉前期政府采取抑商政策的根本目的在于巩固中央集权的统治。

New Research on the Reason for the Restraining Commerce Policy in the Early Western Han Dynasty

On the basis of the restraining commerce proposal of several major ideologists who were living in the Early Western Han Dynasty,a conclusion came that the essence of the restraining policy adopted by Xi Han Government was not completely to inhibit its business.Its purpose was to show a strong suppress on the non-righteous private businessmen,who jeopardized the etiquette,did political speculation,got along with the dishonest governor,harmed the purity of bureaucracy,and contested the economic advantages privileges with the government.Therefore it could be said that the essential purpose of the restraining policy was to consolidate the centralization of authority in a word.