2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Quantitative Study on Household Budget in Early China
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21K00913
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 03030:History of Asia and Africa-related
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | 中国古代 / 秦漢史 / 日常史 / 経済史 / 家計 / 走馬楼呉簡 / 漢簡 / 商人 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, the aim was to collect and organize historical materials related to ancient Chinese household finances, and to conduct quantitative analysis. The major achievement was to elucidate the family composition and property structure of two "li" (administrative units) in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River during the late Han to Three Kingdoms period, namely Ji Yang Li and Yi Yang Li. It clarified that these "li" were not mere communities but rather administrative divisions in household registers. Additionally, it argued that people at that time frequently moved between multiple "qiu" (natural settlements) seasonally and annually. Furthermore, the study's findings on household finances were applied to the general history of daily life in ancient China and disseminated to the public. One outcome of this effort is my book "24 Hours in Ancient China" (Chuo Koron Shinsha, 2021).
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| Free Research Field |
アジア史
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
中国古代史といえば、重要な人物や事件に焦点をあてるものが多い。またマルクス主義史学の影響を受けた戦後歴史学では税制や土地制度の研究も多い。だが一般民の日常生活や家計収支に関する研究は手薄であった。幸いに近年、簡牘史料が激増し、上記諸問題に接近する手がかりが得られた。これによって中国古代の一般民の生活ぶりがリアルに判明するようになった。これが本課題の学術的意義である。またこれを日常史研究全般に落とし込み、拙著『古代中国の24時間』（中央公論新社、2021年）を刊行できた。これは平易な新書であり、たいへんな好感をもって一般大衆に受容されたものと理解している。以上が本研究の社会的意義である。
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