People who engage in trade activities are called businessmen. Does this have anything to do with the Shang Dynasty in history?

People engaged in trade are called businessmen, which is related to the Shang Dynasty in history.

After the Shang Dynasty was replaced by the Zhou Dynasty, the adherents of the Shang Dynasty lost their land and were displaced. They wandered from country to country and engaged in selling goods. Therefore, people call people engaged in trade activities businessmen.

Merchants have existed since ancient times. They are smart and capable, but on the stage of kings and princes, they are just one of the people.

In the later period of primitive society, human society appeared the exchange activity of bartering things.

More than 4000 years ago, there lived an ancient tribe in the Yellow River valley. Their leader is Qi, who helps Dayu control water. His tribe is called Shang tribe. Qi's grandson invented the carriage first, and Wang Hai, the sixth grandson, invented the ox cart. This is the record of "establishing soap prison, serving cattle and horses for the benefit of the people" in the history books.