高利贷资本作为前资本主义社会的生息资本在中国古代社会经济中占有重要的地位。关于它的研究,近年来已引起学术界的注意和重视,已经刊出不少的研究成果,但总体说来,空白及薄弱环节还是不少,关于中国古代高利贷的起源及最初发展的问题便是如此。本文拟结合一些民族学材料,从以下两个方面,专门探讨这一问题。 Usurious loan capital, as the capital of interest in pre-capitalist society, occupies an important position in ancient Chinese society and economy. The research on it has drawn much attention and attention from academics in recent years. Many research results have been published. However, on the whole, there are still many gaps and weaknesses. On the origins and initial development of ancient Chinese usury That’s it. This article intends to combine some ethnological materials, from the following two aspects, specifically to explore this issue.