土地兼并的历史检视

当前学术界的主流观点为,土地兼并是建立在封建土地剥削和掠夺的基础上。他们把土地兼并看成是封建统治腐朽的集中表现,是生产力发展的桎梏,是农民起义爆发的根本原因。本文的论证表明,这些观点站不住脚,夸大了土地兼并的程度,也没有从根本上认识兼并的本质和历史作用。

NEW PERSPECTIVE ON LAND ANNEXATION IN TRADITIONAL CHINA

The mainstream consensus is that land annexation in traditional China was based on the exploitation and robbery of the poor. Land annexation is said to be a shackle for economic growth, and the most important cause for peasant uprisings. This paper tries to give a different viewpoint. I show with historical evidence that the extent and scope of land annexation in traditional China was exaggerated. The nature and the historic role of land annexation have not well understood.