这段关于茶马古道的口述历史,为中国一百多年的变迁提供了极为丰富的素材。作为一个经济学家,特别是研究制度的学者,我从中学到许多东西,特别是一个社会的经济是如何发展起来的。它不仅仅有故事,而且记载着大量的人名、地名、时间和数字。每一个事实都是有血有肉的人和人博弈而产生的。虽然我们不可能再去经历一遍,但是有了一部口述史,总算把正史以外的生活描述下来。如果我们想像力丰富,还可以感同身受地玩味一遍。——茅于轼 This oral history on the Ancient Tea Horse Road has provided an extremely rich source of material for more than a hundred years of change in China. As an economist, especially a scholar who studies the system, I learned a great deal from it, especially how the economy of a society developed. It is not only a story, but also recorded a large number of names, place names, time and numbers. Each and every fact is flesh-and-blood generated by the game. Although we can not go through it again, we have an oral history and finally describe the life beyond the history. If we are rich in imagination, we can also feel empathy and fun again. - Mao Yu Shi