Economic Record - Keizairoku

A work by Dazai Shundai, a Confucian scholar from the mid-Edo period. Completed in 1729 (Kyoho 14). Written with the intention of providing measures to "rule the world and prosper the people," it concisely describes the fundamental meanings and changes in politics, economy, society, education, military preparations, and other areas. It adds theoretical reflections on social awareness, stating that those who discuss economics should understand four things: "time," "reason," "trend," and "human feelings." On the one hand, it takes the ancient Chinese "way of the sages" as an example, and takes the position of "grain is precious, money is inferior," as a rule, but on the other hand, it puts emphasis on the reality of the evolving monetary economy and puts forward measures for feudal domain-run commerce, showing Shundai's outstanding ideas of governing the world and prospering the people. It is also an important historical document for understanding the various situations of the time.

[Yasuhiro Kojima]

"Economic Records" edited by Seiichi Takimoto (included in "Japanese Economic Encyclopedia 9", 1967, Meiji Documents) " "Economic Records (Excerpts)" edited by Masahide Bito and Yorikin Rai (included in "Japanese Thought Series 37", 1972, Iwanami Shoten)"

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江戸中期の儒者太宰春台(だざいしゅんだい)の著作。1729年（享保14）成稿。「世ヲ経(おさ)メ、民ヲ済(すく)フ」ための手だてを意図して書かれ、政治、経済、社会、教育、武備等々の全般にわたって、その本義、変遷が簡潔に述べられている。経済を論ずる者は「時」「理」「勢」「人情」の四つを知るべきであるとして、社会認識に関する理論的反省が加えられている。また一方では、中国古代の「聖人の道」を模範とし、貴穀賤金(きこくせんきん)の立場が原則としてとられながらも、他方で、進行しつつある貨幣経済社会の現実を重視して藩営商業の方策が打ち出されており、春台の卓越した経世済民思想をみることができる。当時の諸情勢を知るうえでの史料としても見逃せない。

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『滝本誠一編「経済録」（『日本経済大典 9』所収・1967・明治文献）』▽『尾藤正英・頼惟勤校注「経済録（抄）」（『日本思想大系 37』所収・1972・岩波書店）』

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