宋代粮食市场,无论官立市场抑或民间市场,城市市场抑或农村市场,在广度与深度上都有了引人注目的拓展。作为市场晴雨表的粮食价格,也就引起当时人们的密切关注和后世研究者的兴趣。粮价的波动,不仅与“计日而籴”的城市小民息息相关,也与乡村主客户的生计密不可分,不仅反映商人资本的运动与流向,地主、高利贷者也以此作为投机营利的指南,不仅是官府制定和籴法、常平法的重要依据,也是官府相机掠夺人民所借用的手段。由于历史记录的的缺乏,以往为数不多的宋代粮价研究存在令人遗憾的不足:时间上忽 The grain market in the Song Dynasty, regardless of the government market or the non-governmental market, the urban market or the rural market, has made remarkable expansion in breadth and depth. As a barometer of market prices of food, it also caused the close attention of people and future generations of researchers interest. The fluctuation of grain prices is closely related not only to the small urban residents who count on a daily basis but also to the livelihood of the main customers in the village. It not only reflects the movement and flow of merchant capital, but also serves as a guide for landlords and loan sharks to profit from speculation It is not only an important basis for the government to formulate and enforce the law, but also an instrument borrowed by the government camera to plunder the people. Due to the lack of historical records, there are some regrettable deficiencies in the study of grain prices in Song Dynasty in the past: