《明史·食货志》是研究明代经济的基本史料,其以四万多字的篇幅,系统、扼要地概括了明代经济及相关政策的发展变化,为历来治明代经济者所重视。也正因此,关于《明史·食货志》的研究成果为数不少,其中仅全志的校注即有数种①。这些成果对利用该志进行明代经济史的研究作用显著,但由于该志过于简明且涉及 The Ming and Qing History of Foodstuffs is the basic historical material for studying the economy of the Ming Dynasty. With a length of more than 40,000 words, the history of the Ming Dynasty summarized the development and changes of the economy and related policies of the Ming Dynasty systematically and concisely, which has always attached importance to the economists in the Ming Dynasty. It is precisely because of this, on the “History of Ming Shi Food and Natural History,” a large number of research results, of which only the whole school notes that there are several ①. These achievements have significant effects on the study of economic history of the Ming Dynasty by using the book, but because the book is too concise and involves