活动预告 | 中山大学第四届“陈寅恪学术讲座”第三讲：重农学派抑或儒家？——古代中国思想中的财富创造观

讲座简介

In the eighteenth century, the French court physician and economist François Quesnay (1694-1774) and his followers argued that economic power should derive, first and foremost, from agriculture. In his Despotisme de la Chine (1767) Quesnay admired the Chinese for making farming the predominant mode of production. China, he alleged, had taught its people the natural law of economy since antiquity. But does this picture accurately reflect the world of ancient China? In this lecture, I will explore Warring States and Han perceptions of wealth and poverty. We will explore how early China’s thinkers reflected on the workings of the market and how ideas about labour and the professions influenced their views of human psychology.