德国经济史学家贡德·弗兰克在《白银资本》一书中说:“宋代中国在重要技术、生产、商业发展方面和总的经济发展方面尤为突出。麦克尼尔认为中国是当时世界上最重要的‘中心’……自11世纪和12世纪的宋代以来,中国的经济在工业化、商业化、货币化和城市化方面远远超过世界其他 In his book Silver Capital, German economic historian Gondfrank said: ”In the Song Dynasty, China was particularly prominent in the areas of important technology, production, commercial development and overall economic development. McNeil considered China as the most Important ’center’ ... Since the Sung and Era of the 11th and 12th centuries, China’s economy has far surpassed the rest of the world in terms of industrialization, commercialization, monetization and urbanization