Abstract
Jin-merchant refers exclusively to the social group of merchants in ancient Chinese Shanxi province who ran businesses and engaged in commodity trading. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Jin-merchants were the leading merchant groups with their wisdom and talent in merchandise management. In the long-term development, the Jin-merchant group gradually formed a relatively complete ideological and cultural system, supporting the development of the Jin-merchants cause. The Jin merchant culture, with Confucianism as its core, has been widely nourished by traditional Chinese culture and has internalized local traditional customs and folklore into their temperament and character, forming a series of specific historical and cultural symbols, which permeate the Jin-merchants code of living and life pursuit, and are gradually evolved into various decorative patterns to integrate into life, in which future generations can feel inspired and enlightened by traditional culture and Jin-merchant philosophy.
Highlights
Jin-merchant refers exclusively to the social group of merchants in ancient Chinese Shanxi province who ran businesses and engaged in commodity trading
The Jin merchants have always had a good reputation in business, and Shanxi province has been practicing a policy of opening up the country to commerce and agriculture since the time of the Jin state, which shows that Shanxi has had a tradition of promoting commerce and business since the ancient times
By the Qing Dynasty, the Jin merchants had the foresight to create the first Shanxi banking industry, so that China has since specialized in the financial industry of the early banks, and once ruled the Qing Dynasty financial sector
Summary
Jin-merchant refers exclusively to the social group of merchants in ancient Chinese Shanxi province who ran businesses and engaged in commodity trading. During the Spring and Autumn period (722-476 BC), China was divided into many small states, State Jin which dominant area is mainly in Shanxi Province was the one of most important countries. The Jin merchants have always had a good reputation in business, and Shanxi province has been practicing a policy of opening up the country to commerce and agriculture since the time of the Jin state, which shows that Shanxi has had a tradition of promoting commerce and business since the ancient times.
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