在古代,高利贷资本受到了人们广泛的遣责,这种倾向在近人著述中也时有表现。而对它的社会价值作实事求是的探讨者,却并不多见。本文拟以宋代为例,从高利贷资本与再生产及人们的日常经济生活的联系出发,对中国古代高利贷资本社会价值作初步分析。一中国古代经济发展的重要特点之一是,以自然经济为主、但商品经济也有一定程度的发 In ancient times, loan-sharking capital was widely condemned by people. This tendency has also been manifested in recent writings. However, the discussion of its social value as a matter of fact is rare, but rare. This paper intends to take Song Dynasty as an example, starting from the relationship between usury capital and reproduction and people’s daily economic life, and makes a preliminary analysis of the social value of ancient usury capital in China. One of the important characteristics of China’s ancient economic development is that the natural economy is the mainstay but the commodity economy also has a certain degree of development