对于中国货币的起源,尽管没有准确的时间,但一般都有四五千年的说法。《管子》认为中国的货币起源是“先王制币”。司马迁在《史记·平准书》在考证前史论据后说:“虞夏之币,金为三品,或黄、或白、或赤,或钱、或布、或刀、或龟贝。”班固则说:神农氏的时候,就有金刀龟贝。此后,还有相当多的古代思想家都曾说过类似的观点。著名货币史专家彭信威先生表达了他不同的观点,他说:“在传说中的黄帝和高辛氏的时代,我们的祖先还不会使用金属,哪里会有金属货币?”~(1)。 For the origin of Chinese currency, there are generally four or five thousand years of argument, though not accurate time. “Pipe” that China’s currency is the origin of “first king of coins.” Si Maqian said in his account of the ex ante ex ante argument that the book Shih Chih-ping states: “The money of Yu Xia, gold is Mishina, or yellow, or white, or red, or money, cloth, or knife, or turtle. ”Ban Gu said: Shennong’s time, there are golden sword turtle shell. Since then, quite a number of ancient thinkers have said similar things. Mr. Peng Xinwei, a well-known currency historian, expressed his different views. He said: “In the days of the legendary Yellow Emperor and Gao Xin’s family, our ancestors still did not use metal and there was a metal currency there.” ).