《西藏研究》汉文版

"以茶驭番"和"联番制虏"是明初茶禁政策的双重目的。明初统治者对茶叶实行垄断经营,严格管理,一方面通过茶马贸易从藏族地区获得大量马匹,补充了与蒙古作战的军马;另一方面,通过官家经营、贵茶贱马、严禁私贩等一系列做法,以"茶"为载体,强化了对我国藏族地区的政治统辖。明廷严禁私贩、以茶治边,虽然含有封建压迫剥削等不公正因素,但就正面意义而言,茶叶连同茶马古道成为一条纽带,构筑起中原与边疆、藏汉等多民族之间的紧密联系,维系了祖国统一、国防巩固、中华各民族唇齿相依的历史传统。

The Containing Tibet with tea and the league system of controlling Mongolian were the dual purposes of prohibition of tea during the early Ming dynasty. The central government implemented monopoly policy on tea in early Ming dynasty. On the one hand the state obtained great number of horses from Tibet via Tea-horse trade,and met the demand of horses for fighting with Mongolia. On the other hand,it strengthened the political control over Tibetan regions through butler business,raising the value of tea as lowering the price of horse,and restricting private dealer. Although restricting private dealer and governing Tibetan regions through the strategy of tea trade were unfair measures as it contains elements of oppression,the trade of tea and the trade route became a bond that linked mainland and frontiers,Tibetan and Han Chinese with many other ethnic minorities,it also contributed towards reunification of motherlands,national defense,and good tradition of interdependence of Chinese nation.