无论是“年鉴学派”治学方法的影响,还是上世纪中期以来中国史学界对于唯物史观和阶级观点的强调,都使20世纪的中国古代商人及商业资本历史的研究,将关注重点放在对商人阶层形成的外部条件、其商品运销和市场网络,以及与此相对应的社会经济与政治环境等问题上。 Whether it is the influence of the “Yearbook School” method of study or the emphasis placed by Chinese historians on the historical materialism and class viewpoint since the middle of the last century, the study of the ancient Chinese merchants and commercial capital history in the 20th century will focus on the key points In the formation of the merchant-class external conditions, their goods and marketing and marketing network, and the corresponding socio-economic and political environment and other issues.