唐代工商业利润的流动转化及其社会后果

唐代官营工商业利润主要流入政府财政 ,也有一部分转化为高利贷资本和用于土地经营。民间工商业利润除了一部分用于生活消费、交通权贵和囤积射利外 ,大多用于土地的购买兼并和转化为高利贷资本。官、私工商业利润向产业资本流动转化甚少 ,既无益于新的生产方式的产生和发展 ,也拉大了财富占有上的贫富分化 ,并最终激化了社会矛盾和阶级矛盾 ,导至农民大起义爆发 ,唐王朝的腐朽统治遭到推翻

The Flow of Industrial and Commercial Profits in the Tang Dynasty and Its Social Consequences

The bulk of profits from state owned industrial and commercial enterprises of the Tang Dynasty flew into the state treasury, while a small portion of them were converted into capital for usury and land management. In contrast, profits from private industrial and commercial sectors were mainly used as capital for land acquisition and usury, apart from what was retained for living expenses and social activities. In both cases, very little of the profits were used as capital for industrial development. As a result, it became impossible for new modes of production to come into being, and the gap between the rich and the poor became wider and wider, intensifying the conflicts between various classes and causing social unrests and peasants' uprisings, which finally toppled the Tang Dynasty.