Mutual Market Traditions and the Digital Future: Implications of the Chama Legal System for the Reinvention of Cross-Border Data Trade Rules

本研究致力于探索中华传统茶马互市法制对重构跨境数字贸易规则的范式启示，通过跨文明法律对话揭示非西方治理智慧的当代价值。系统解析茶马互市中动态平衡、信用建构及文化认同三大核心机制，将其与数字时代的数据权利博弈、算法伦理困境及文化合规挑战进行深层耦合。研究提出三大转化路径：借鉴“茶引”管控逻辑设计分级数据开放制度，依托“茶马古道”文化共识形成数字丝绸之路规则标准。通过建构“理念–机制–技术”三维移植模型，论证传统制度在现代数字治理场域中的适应性适用规律。研究突破实证主义范式局限，创建性提出“文明互鉴型规则再生产”理论框架，为破解数字贸易治理中的文明冲突提供东方方案。This study is dedicated to exploring the paradigm revelation of the traditional Chinese tea-horse exchange market legal system on reconstructing the rules of cross-border digital trade, and revealing the contemporary value of non-Western governance wisdom through cross-civilization legal dialogue. The study systematically analyzes the three core mechanisms of dynamic equilibrium, credit construction and cultural identity in the tea-horse exchange market, and deeply couples them with the data power game, algorithmic ethical dilemma and cultural compliance challenges in the digital era. The study proposes three transformation paths: designing a hierarchical data opening system based on the control logic of the “Tea Citation”, and forming the rules and standards of the Digital Silk Road based on the cultural consensus of the “Ancient Tea Horse Road”. By constructing a three-dimensional transplantation model of “concept-mechanism-technology”, the study demonstrates the adaptability of the traditional system in the modern digital governance field. The study breaks through the limitations of the positivism paradigm and creatively puts forward the theoretical framework of “rules reproduction based on mutual understanding of civilizations”, which provides an oriental solution for solving the clash of civilizations in digital trade governance.