Study On The Chinese Literature Of The Khara-khoto Region Reserved In Russia And Hsi Hsia's Economic History

Xixia Chinese economic literatures from Karakhoto Site kept in Russian involve pawn and usury in Xixia,loan lease document,articles on tax-collecting market and management system of tax-collecting market envoy,frontier trade and measurement unit,Xixia gold and silver ware and silk wool fabrics production,variety of agricultural products and land tax collection standards,and some literatures also reflect land ownership system and contract bond system in Xixia,and the development condition of livestock varieties and animal husbandry.These literatures have provided the direct materials for exploring Xixia economic system and enriched the content of Xixia economic history.The literatures has embodied the features of primitiveness,uniqueness,dispersion,incompleteness,and etc.,and they are of precious historic literature value.