Princeton University Press 1950年初版，此书为1974年Octagon Books再版。 There are four ancient histories of China. The second oldest is the Han Shu, the "Book of Han," which is divided into the Former Han and Later Han dynastic histories. Chapter 24 of the Former Han Shu, dealing with food and money, comprises the bulk of this scholarly work. The value of the "Book of Han" lies in the fact that it was written shortly after the period which it describes (the Former Han Dynasty covers the period from 206 B.C. to A.D. 19). The historian had access to materials which have since been lost and, what is more, was in a position to reproduce faithfully the spirit of the era. The shortcomings are, from an economist's point of view, the lack of systematic specific information on prices and on forms of economic activity. Nevertheless, Han Shu 24 makes interesting reading. The author(s) recorded the then prevalent belief that agriculture is the basis of all endeavor and that trade is a somewhat superfluous, and often wicked, enterprise. Another idea preserved for posterity is that the forces of the market have to be contained. During the Han period a number of emperors instituted complicated price equalization programs for agricultural commodities, and one of the early Han rulers unequivocally recognized that the demand for agricultural commodities was highly inelastic. The orientation of this probably definitive translation is toward the Chinese language scholar and, in a lesser way, toward the historian. Translated and annoated by Nancy Lee Swann （孙念礼） 《汉书·食货志》是东汉班固所撰《汉书》 十志中的一篇。按“食”，“货”分上下两部分对西汉王朝约230年间 (包括王莽篡汉时期) 的农业经济情况和财政货币状况予以概括论述。卷上论农业经济，引征古籍资料描述井田制度各个方面的状况，称赞其为“先王制土处民，富而教之”的最佳模式，以春秋战国至西汉社会经济的发展变化为反常；认为商业、赋税、贪污、奢侈及战争同属造成社会贫富悬殊和农民贫困的原因，对商业的畸形发展甚为反感。 孙念礼后期的代表作是将《汉书·食货志》及相关文献译成英文，并作了详细的注释，1950年以Food and Money in Ancient China为题由普林斯顿大学出版社出版。该书面世后即受到广泛的好评。杨联陞在同年12月《哈佛亚洲学报》的书评中盛赞该书是一部翻译杰作，“大大提升了西方世界对于中国经济史的认识”。胡适还专门为该书题写了中文书名。两位学者在孙的翻译过程中都曾给予过她不少帮助。孙念礼将这本书献给了葛思德，葛氏于1948年去世。 孙念礼，美国第一位科班出身的女汉学家。担任葛思德图书馆馆长直至1948年，前后共17年之久。孙念礼一生致力于汉学研究，结识了不少中国师友。后期主要是胡适、杨联陞，早期则有冯友兰、顾颉刚、杜联喆等。
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