世界贸易的本质是和平,还是战争? 乍看起来,这是十分奇怪的问题。战争是暴力相向,而贸易是互通有无。显然,贸易的本质是和平而非战争。而且,贸易是对战争的替代,是化战争为竞争,化劫掠为交换,化异类为商伴的“美妙”之事,是“永久和平”的第一助手。 在世界贸易史中,一叶扁舟、三五驼峰,漂洋过海,穿山越漠,在殊方异俗的文化孤岛之间穿起金丝银线,以契约打破地域悬隔、身份壁垒与血缘分殊,在无根之境中生长信任,在逐利之念里寻求共识,这不啻为人类进化史中的奇迹,是对“非我族类,其心必异”之血族伦理的超越。 早在古希腊的迈锡尼文明时期,在地中海东岸,小亚细亚至北非之间,曾出现一片“新月”地带,在此兴起过商业的热潮。作为亚里士多德笔下古代世界的“七大奇迹”之一,罗德岛的太阳神巨像是指引海商的灯塔;作为人类最早期的法律形式,“罗德法”是一切商法的原始样本。那些勇敢的商人和航海家们,尽管地位与荣耀无法与阿伽门农和阿基里斯相提并论,但其生活与律法深藏在《荷马史诗》的阴影里。 那个时候,商队如同四处飘散的蒲公英,不仅携带着财富的种子,也传播着文化的讯息。在远方,中国的汉代,随着卫青与霍去病的铁骑横扫漠北,张骞持节走向西域,丝绸之路成为联结欧亚的纽带,人类的宇宙视域有了全新的尺度。在这条道路上,不仅曾有驼铃的回响,还有白马驮经的传说。天竺逸事激励着一代代僧侣向西天而去,汉唐风物吸引着一个个圣徒向东土而来。直到唐代,这条道路迎来了伟大的唐僧。与此相对,在亚洲大陆的南端,一条蓝色的丝绸之路从广州向印度半岛延伸。4世纪,当法显坐上西去的白帆,他心中的佛国梦与同船商旅的财富梦绑定在一起。在法显的目的地,一些游离于乡村的吠舍和首陀罗们来到城市,成为新的商人和手工业者,并作了耆那教的信徒或佛教的金主。 此后,伊斯兰旋风在欧亚之间升起,穆斯林商人随着它的骑兵登上舞台,新月旗帜下的商队携带着从马格里布到耶路撒冷的商业信件,穿过大洋与大陆,信里诉说着信任与背叛,传递着战机与商机。直到11世纪,因蛮族入侵和伊斯兰劫掠而趋于冰冷的地中海才恢复商业的热度。威尼斯商人的大三角帆徜徉在昔日罗马的内湖,而古罗马法学家转世为公证人,以无比的威严为南北的商旅决疑。不愿束缚于土地和附庸于领主的商人们积聚于城市,凭借誓约成了“兄弟”,不仅向昔日的主子索要特许状,还要自定宪法,自我管理,于是罗密欧与朱丽叶成了情人,安东尼与夏洛克成了仇敌。那个时候,奥列隆岛上的女子正在精心编制商人间的惯例,据说这一本商法与古老的“罗德法”有着神秘的关系。
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