讲座主题：The FiscalState in Chinese History

主讲嘉宾：万志英（Richardvon Glahn），美国加州大学洛杉矶分校历史学教授

讲座时间：2019年4月23日（周二），下午14:00-17：00

讲座地点：沙河校区主教408

嘉宾简介：万志英（Richard von Glahn），著名汉学家，耶鲁大学博士，“加州学派”主要代表性人物。主要研究10～18世纪的中国经济社会史、全球经济史、东亚海洋史。编有《中国史上的宋元明过渡》（TheSong-Yuan-Ming Transition in Chinese History），著有《财源:1000~1700年的中国货币与货币政策》（Fountain of Fortune: Money andMonetary Policy in China, 1000-1700）、《从古代到十九世纪的中国经济史》（The Economic History of China fromAntiquity to the Nineteenth Century）等。

内容摘要：

In the past twodecades, increasing attention has been paid to the significance of the fiscalcapacity of the premodern state in promoting or retarding economicgrowth.  In particular, the economic history scholarship has stressed thepositive impact that the emergence of the “fiscal state” (drawing onSchumpeter’s concept of the tax state) had in enhancing economic growth inearly modern Europe.  Comparative studies have contrasted theadministrative efficiency of the emerging European fiscal state withcontemporary Asian empires (the Ottomans, Mughals, and the Ming-Qing empires inChina) to explain the “Great Divergence” in economic performance and stateformation in the early modern period.  My intervention in this discussionseeks to contextualize the Ming-Qing state within the larger framework ofChinese state formation over the whole arc of the imperial era.  Iidentify four basic types of fiscal state that have appeared in China from theQin unification to Ming-Qing times and assess their implications for economicgrowth.

本讲座获得2019年中央财经大学国合处引智项目资助。