本文所说的商业出版是指以书坊为主体、以市场为导向、以赢利为目的的包括创作、编校、印刷、发行和购买在内的图书制作和传播活动。明代,特别是晚明时期,商业出版空前发达,图书开始大规模地进入商品流通领域,从而极大改变了知识的生产和传播方式,由此促进了思想文化的变迁和社会的转型,但是在各种历史叙事中,无论是书坊主、编辑、书贾,还是刻书活动本身,都处于极端的边缘状态,历史在这 The commercial publication mentioned in this paper refers to the book making and dissemination activities including book creation, editing, printing, distribution and purchase, which are mainly bookstores, market-oriented and profit-oriented. In the Ming Dynasty, especially in the late Ming Dynasty, commercial publishing was unprecedentedly developed and books began to enter the field of commodity circulation on a large scale. As a result, the way of production and dissemination of knowledge was greatly changed, thus promoting the transformation of ideology and culture and social transformation. However, In all kinds of historical narratives, no matter whether the book owner, editor, book writer or book engraving itself is in the extreme marginalized state, history here