明代中原商路与商品经济

明中期以后，在商品经济日益繁荣的背景下，中原地区形成了四通八达的水陆交通商道。这些商道多以开封为中心向河南各地及周边省区辐射，为中原地区商品经济的发展提供了有利条件。同一时期，中原地区的商品生产有了较大增长，商业都市愈加繁荣，商业城镇不断兴起，集市贸易渐趋活跃，各地商贾纷纷前来进行交易。这其中，商道的畅通发挥了重要作用。在当时，中原地区的许多城镇分布在商路沿线，按其类型可划分为水陆兼备型、陆路型和水路型，这又从一个侧面表明便捷的水陆交通网与商品经济的发展具有密切的、相辅相成的关系。

The Commercial Road and Commodity Economy of Central China in Ming Dynasty

After the mid-term of Ming dynasty,there were many commercial roads which proceeded by both land and water and extended in all directions in the background of prosperous commodity economy.These roads took Kaifeng as the center and extended to other parts of Henan and other provinces.It was convenient for the development of commodity economy of Central China.At the same time,the commodity economy of Central China grew faster than before,commercial metropolis and towns boomed,commercial markets were more and more active,and merchants from different regions traded here.It is clear that the unblocked roads played a very important role.At that time,there were many towns distributed over the commercial roads.According to the types of towns,we can divide them into three types:by both land and water,by water or by land.We know from another respect that the convenient traffic network and the development of commodity economy have close relationship with each other.