两宋苏州经济考略

宋代人口、垦田、亩产量，是中国经济史研究中远未解决的三大难题。本文勾考有关苏州的大量史料，作为微观的个案研究，力图就上述问题作量化的定性分析。对宋代人口增长率及其影响因素，田亩数量、构成及人均占田数，推定产量的依据等问题提出了新的见解，对海内外一些颇具影响的观点进行述评和表示了异议。宋代苏州经济居当时全国的领先地位，与中唐以来经济重心南移的趋势颇相一致。

An Investigation on the Suzhou's Economy in the Song Dynasty

Abstract The population, numbers of cultivated lands and per unit area yield in Suzhou area of the Song dynasty were analyzed and some viewpoints in this aspect were reviewed by researching certain case materials. The characteristics that the economy of Suzhou was in the lead in the Song dynasty proved the moving south ofthe economic focus since the middle time of the Tang dynasty.