What does a businessman mean?

Merchants, is the ancient name for businessmen, businessmen sit Jia, referred to as merchants.

Citation interpretation

Refers to businessmen.

"Zhou Li Tianguan Taizai": "On the sixth day, merchants paid bribes in currency." Zheng Xuan's note: "A businessman is called Jia."

Tang Hanyu's "On the Right to Suspend Election this Year": "Although there was a severe drought this year, there must be savings in the merchants' homes last year."

Zhao Ming Zhenyuan's Tribute to Yuan (son of Yuan Keli): "Bamboo slips are the relatives of the Great Wall and mourn the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. The soul fell into the Tang Dynasty and the dream shook. "

The fourth chapter of the History of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "Zilu sent ten chariots in advance, disguised as merchants, and sneaked into the capital. Only when the big uncle moved, he could set fire to the tower.

Shanxi

Shanxi merchants, especially those who created draft banks in the history of China, had a long way to go, and they were in line with the world. They were once prominent in the history of China. I am still telling the story that "Shanxi people are good at business and financial management". There is a saying in the northeast that "Cao Jia is good first, then Chaoyang County", in Inner Mongolia that "Fu Sheng Xi first, then Baotou City", and in the northwest that "Jin Yi Lao first, then Xining City". Shanxi businessmen do business in a wide area and a large number of people, which is indeed considerable.

Huizhou merchants

Huizhou merchants, also known as Xin 'an merchants and Huizhou merchants, have been active in the north and south of the river, on both sides of the Yellow River, and even in Japan, Siam, Southeast Asian countries, Portugal and other places. Its huge commercial capital, large number of people, wide range of activities, many industries and strong management ability are unmatched by other commercial groups, and it has dominated the business circles in China for hundreds of years. Huizhou merchants have made great achievements in China for more than 300 years with their outstanding practice, which has become a great miracle in the history of feudal social and economic development in China.

For example, Cheng and Cheng Chenghai, whose hometown is Cheng Baiqian, famous salt merchants and bibliophiles in Qing Dynasty were appointed as "salt couriers" because of their contributions to military salaries, and Hu, a giant businessman with red top, was the representative. Huizhou merchants adhere to the business philosophy of "taking honesty as the core business road, taking the world as their responsibility, and also placing their hopes on the officialdom, making money by the road, benefiting from righteousness, taking honesty as the world and taking childlike innocence as their responsibility".