题 目: Economy and Economics in Ancient Greece and China
报告人：Takeshi Amemiya (Department of Economics，Stanford University）
时 间：10月12日（周三）3:30--5:00 pm
地 点：伟易博新楼216课堂
Introduction I will first outline the economies and then compare the economic thoughts. As for Greece, we consider Athens of 5th and 4thcentury BC, and as for China, we consider the period from戦国時代to end of前漢（453BC－8AD).In these periods, industry and commerce developed and monetary economy matured in both places. (Cf. Chronology Table) We let Athens represent Greece because monetary economy developed there more than any other place in Greece as well as because greatest amount of data is available there.
We should be aware about the big difference in the size of both places. Attica (Greater Athens) is 2,500 square kilometer wide, whereas China in the aforementioned period contained land 7,000,000 square kilometer wide, 2,800 times as much as that of Attica. As for population,前漢末中国生齿約60,000,000人and Athens約150,000人: thus, ratio roughly 400 to 1.
Economic data are mostly derived from出土文字資料. They are abundant for Athens in the 5thand 4thcentury BC and compiled inInscriptiones Graecae. However, in China出土文字資料concerning economy in戦国時代is scarce. It is more abundant in秦漢時代. See for example『居延漢簡』、中国簡牘集成編輯委員会編『中国簡牘集成』、『睡虎地秦墓竹簡』、『張家山漢簡』. Also we can find out more about the economy of前漢from such works as司馬遷『史記』、班固『漢書』. For that reason the period we consider for China is chosen to be from戦国時代to the end of前漢.
