清代传统农业社会与近代社会分属两种不同社会经济形态,两个时代的地区和城市系统在空间形态及结构上也存在着很大差异。关于前者,施坚雅的区域分析模式及其对“帝国晚期”(即明清时期)城市层级体系的解释,可以说是目前比较全面和有影响的一种。关于后者,目前较为系统的专题研究尚不多见。本文拟以施坚雅对帝国晚期城市层 The traditional agricultural society in Qing Dynasty and modern society belonged to two different social and economic forms. The regional and urban systems of the two ages also differed greatly in their spatial forms and structures. On the former, Skinner’s regional analysis model and its interpretation of the urban hierarchy system of the Late Empire (that is, the Ming and Qing Dynasties) can be said to be more comprehensive and influential at present. On the latter, the current systematic research is still rare. This article is intended to be Skandia on the late imperial city level