关于中国古代高利贷资本的历史作用——读《资本论》第三卷第五编

马克思在《资本论》第三卷中正确估价了高利贷资本的保守性，谴责了高利贷资本对小生产方式的冲击和破坏。中国学术界受这一观点影响，对中国古代高利贷资本的历史作用多加否定。但是从中国古代经济运行及高利贷资本的实际情况看，它对小农再生产及工商业运行既有残酷的一面，也发挥了一定的积极作用，尤其是因为高利贷资本对手工业、商业、矿业等资本性经营放贷的增加，更是促进了封建社会后期商业资本规模的扩大和总量的增加。

On the Usury Capital's Historic Function in Ancient China

The conservative of usury capital and its shock and destruction to small production had been properly estimated by Marx in his Capital volume three. Influenced by Marx's viewpoit, Chinese academics also denied the historic function of usury capital in ancient China. But examming from ancient China's economic situation, it is found out that usury capital had propelled the development of industry, commerce and mining in ancient times, especially in late feudal time it enlarged the scale and total amount of business capital.