How are business cards born?

In ancient China, business cards were not called "business cards" but famous posts. The earliest business card was called "Confession", and now it is "Confession".

This is where the term may originate.

It originated in the Qin and Han dynasties, when paper had not yet been invented, so the name card was cut from bamboo. It has his name written on it, which mainly plays the role of paying homage to the common name, and it began to be called "thorn" in the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Cai Lun invented papermaking, paper gradually used more, so he began to use paper to make it, called "name", "famous paper" and so on.

After the Tang and Song dynasties, it was called "door shape", which was used by the bureaucratic class when it was formed. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a kind of famous post called "handbook", which was used by subordinates to meet their bosses and students to meet teachers.

Origin of the business card:

The history of business cards can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, when the rulers followed the imperial examination system of the Tang and Song dynasties and made it commoner, and reading became the only way for ordinary people to improve their lives, and the number of literate people increased substantially. The opportunities for people to interact have increased, and students to meet teachers, and junior officials to meet big officials must first hand over their "name post" to introduce themselves, that is, the "door shape" in the Tang and Song dynasties. The "name post" of the Ming Dynasty is rectangular, generally seven inches long and three inches wide, and the name of the person who delivers the post should be written all over the post.

If you hand a post to an elderly person or a superior, the name written on the "name post" should be large, the name on the "name post" should be large, the name on the "name post" should be considered humble, and the name on the "name post" will be regarded as arrogance.

It was only in the Qing Dynasty that it was officially called a "business card". The Qing Dynasty was the end of China's feudal society, and due to the continuous invasion of the West, exchanges with the outside world increased, and trade with foreign countries also accelerated the popularization of business cards. The business cards of the Qing Dynasty began to develop towards miniaturization, especially in the officialdom, where the officials used larger business cards to show humility, and the officials used smaller business cards to show their status.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the name was changed to "worship post", and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was also called "famous post" and "**". The content has also been improved, in addition to self-reporting of names and places of origin, official positions are also written. The Qing Dynasty's "Bamboo Branches" has poems as evidence:

It is a new worship post that is small, three inches long and two inches wide", "the name and surname of the red paper two inches, and the half-thorn between the arms of Xu Xu". From the poem, we know that the name of the Qing Dynasty is very small, and it is still plum red paper. After research, the name of the Qing Dynasty people has been different from the Tang people's handwriting, but written in regular script, engraved with a wooden stamp, printed on plum red paper.

Later, there were white paper posters (see Xu Ke's "Qing Barnyard Banknotes and Customs" for details).

The format of the "name post" is almost the same as today's business card, and the woman's business card, the married person also added the husband's surname. Its size and size are also in the usual style: two inches wide and three inches long.

For the purpose of literati communication and visits, usually the master visits a friend, and asks the servant or scholar to hand over the name to the other person's doorman, who then presents it to his master.

Business cards originated from ancient Chinese feudal society.

Business cards originated from communication, and it is the interaction of the civilized era. In primitive societies, there were no business cards, and in slave societies, despite the appearance of simple words, business cards did not appear. Business cards first appeared in feudal society.

During the Tang and Song dynasties, China's feudal society entered its heyday, which led to the great development of social economy and culture. In the Ming Dynasty, it became a "name sticker", and in the Qing Dynasty, it was called a "business card". And the main difference between early business cards and modern business cards is that they are written by hand rather than printed.

Business cards are a necessity for modern people to socialize.

The earliest appearance of business cards can be traced back to feudal society. Qin Shi Huang unified China, unified the national script, and divided the princes and kings. In order to get closer to the people in power in the court, the princes and kings inevitably often contacted their feelings, so they began to have "confessions".

The so-called "confession" is that the visitor writes his name and other introductory words on a piece of bamboo or wood as a document for the introduction, which is now a business card. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Chen" was renamed "Thorn", changed to "door-shaped" in the Tang and Song dynasties, and "Famous Post" in the Ming Dynasty, and officially had the title of "business card" in the Qing Dynasty.