谭嗣同不仅是维新运动的实干家,反封建的勇猛斗士,而且是维新派中的思想家.他的经济思想,在“《仁学》自序”中,表现得尤为集中,反映了新生资产阶级迫切要求发展资本主义的强烈愿望.作为一个变革家,谭嗣同认为:天地万物都是由“以太”构成的,物质的“以太”总是处于“微生灭”的运动状态,所以世间万物也不断地由低级向高级发展着,运动着,“日新”着,“人无一日同,社会亦然”,这是他革旧更新的思想基础.作为新兴资产阶级的代表,谭嗣同强烈要求自由贸易,反对闭关锁国.他认为通商是国与国间的“均财富”,互通有无.“通变者,相仁之道也,两利之道也.客固利,主尤利也”.它不仅可使我以多余之物换得短缺之物,满足国民之所需;而且还可以刺激“工艺、惠商贾、速制造、蕃货物”,推动社会生产蓬勃 Tan Sitong was not only a doer of the Reform Movement, a brave fighter against feudalism, but also a thinker in the reformist school whose economic thinking was especially concentrated in the “preface of benevolence” and reflected the urgent demands of the nascent bourgeoisie As a changemaker, Tan Sitong believed that everything in the world is made up of “etherics”, and the material “ether” is always in the state of movement of “microbes.” Therefore, everything in the world is continually replaced by As a representative of the newly emerging bourgeoisie, Tan Sitong strongly demanded free trade, as a representative of the newly bourgeoisie, Oppose the closed-door state .He believes that trade is a “wealth” of all nations and states of exchange. “Mutomboists, the benevolent and proletarian people, also benefit from both interests.” It not only allows I exchange for surplus things in order to meet the needs of the people, and stimulate the “process, merchants, speedy manufacturing and goods” and promote the vigorous social production