Where did the birthplace of businessmen come from, and what did businessmen call their origins?

Let's talk about the origin of the merchant first

The Shang Dynasty after the Xia established a slave state. With the continuous improvement of productivity, the commerce of the Shang Dynasty also developed unprecedentedly, and the industrialization of water and land transportation and merchants specializing in the circulation and exchange of goods appeared. However, at that time, it was not called a merchant and did not have the name of a merchant.

Later, King Wu fell. The Shang Dynasty fell. In addition to strictly controlling the nobles of the Shang Dynasty in one place, the Zhou Dynasty basically restricted the freedom of its Shang remnants who were good at business, and only allowed them to continue to do business.

These merchants who were centrally controlled were collectively referred to as 'merchants' in order to distinguish themselves from the Zhou dynasty, which was clearly contemptuous and discriminatory. Over time, people gradually forgot the meaning of the merchant "untouchable" and became a synonym for the trader.

Place of Origin: According to the above explanation of the origin, it can be seen that "merchant" is a professional name developed by the descendants of Yin Shang. Various materials are also based on this as a clue.

At present, the place of origin of merchants is most recognized as the place of ancient "Bo" (today's north of Shangqiu County, Henan).

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The commerce of the Shang Dynasty was very prosperous, and it was known as "the wings of the Shang Dynasty, the extreme of the four directions". Merchants were good at doing business, and at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, these people who did business were collectively referred to as "merchants". In other words, the origin of the merchants was in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Commercial practices originated in slave societies and began to barter more goods with other tribes and individuals after the productivity of the society at that time was greatly improved. Later, in order to facilitate trading, it is said that shells were used as currency for equivalent transactions, and then gradually developed into special currencies as the value of transactions, such as knife coins, copper coins, etc. In order to facilitate carrying, the infant shape of paper money was produced, that is, silver tickets.

Thus, the origins of merchants began in one era rather than one place.

In ancient China, merchants were referred to as follows:

Merchants used to be collectively referred to as "merchants".

Merchants are also called "market people" and "market people". The small traders are one level lower and are called "market disciples".

"Philistine" was originally a name for middlemen, and later became a special name for mercenary businessmen.

The shopkeeper and manager are also called "shopkeepers" or "shopkeepers". “

Merchants who travel to and from various places to transport and sell goods are also called "merchants".

"Boss" is also known as "old version", which refers to the owners of industry and commerce and their ** people.

A little less ambitious than the boss is the "shopkeeper" or "shopkeeper", which is the old term for the owner of the shop.

The rich were called "Haomin" in ancient times.

Powerful people in a certain fiber-resistant place or industry are called "tycoons".

Just when Kong Jia ruled the country in a treasure style and caused chaos in the Xia Dynasty, there was a tribe that was quietly rising.

Shang family, his origin, we have talked about it, the second son of the emperor of the three emperors and five emperors, Qi, is the ancestor of the Shang family.

Legend has it that the mother of the deed, Jian Di, became pregnant and gave birth to the deed after taking an egg of the Xuanniao, so there is a myth and legend that the Xuanniao of Heaven was born and born. In fact, according to the research of historians, the place where the Shang people live is the edge of Dongyi, and the Dongyi people worship the bird totem, so the Shang people should be the Yi tribe that originated in the East. This is not a legend, according to the oracle bone inscription unearthed from the Yin Shang site in Xiaotun, Anyang, Henan, there are relevant records, in which all the emperor's names will have a bird line next to the pattern, of course, this is a historical research, we will not repeat it.

It is said that from the beginning of the deed to the establishment of the Shang Dynasty in later generations, it has gone through the hard work of more than ten generations before there was the rise of the real Shang family.

The first is Qi's son Zhaoming, when he was the patriarch, the strength of the Shang people was not very strong, and they did not have their own land, so they imitated the way of nomadic migration by grass, in the north of our country in a place called Tushi (that is, south of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, north of Xingtai), found a very vast terrain and abundant water and grass grassland, so they took wild horses and bison as the main animal husbandry objects, slowly developed the strength of their own ethnic group, and laid a strong foundation for the development of the Shang people in later generations. Okay, that's all for today, tomorrow we will continue to talk about the development of the Shang family.

The origin of the term "merchant".

The business of buying is called "commerce", the goods used for exchange in the market are called "commodities", and the people who do business are called "merchants". Why should all the people involved in buying and selling be named "merchant"? It turns out that this has a direct relationship with the Shang Dynasty in China, and "Shang" evolved from the word "Shang people".

In the later period of primitive society, barter communication activities appeared in human society. In the Xia Dynasty, there were some people in the upper reaches of society who were professional in exchanging goods. More than 4,000 years ago, the Yellow River Valley was inhabited by an ancient tribe, and their leader was called Qi.

Deed assisted Dayu to control the water, and was sealed, and the fief was Shang (now Shang County, Shaanxi Province), and his tribe was named Shang. The sixth grandson of Qi, Wang Hai, was very good at business, and often led slaves to drive ox carts to the north bank of the Yellow River to do business.

One day, Wang Hai was on his way to sell rented goods when he was suddenly attacked by the Yi clan of the Di clan, who robbed the goods and slaves of the retinue and killed Wang Hai. Wang Hai had a son named Jiawei, and when he heard the news of his father's murder, he raised an army to defeat the Yi clan, and after destroying the Yi clan, Shang's power also extended to the Yi water valley.

When the Shang people arrived in the Shang Tang period, the handicraft and textile industry was also quite developed. In order to weaken Xia's national strength, Shang Tang organized women to weave and spin yarn in exchange for Xia's grain, and regarded ** as the ** of political struggle, and finally destroyed Xia Wei, the ruler of the Xia Dynasty, and established the Shang Dynasty. After the establishment of the Shang Dynasty, the Shang people began to produce from agriculture, and their handicraft industry was also quite developed.

After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, the Shang people changed from rulers to slaves of the Zhou Dynasty, and their lives deteriorated. In order to live a good life, the Shang people have returned to their old business and started business. Over time, people have come to this view; The Shang people are the ones who do business.

Later, people referred to the Shang people as "merchants", and this title is still used today.

In modern society, the origin of the word "merchant" is inextricably linked to a very distant dynasty, the Shang Dynasty. The ancestral deed of the Shang people, because of following Dayu to control the water, was indispensable, and was sealed to the place of Shang. That is, the ancient Shang family.

Wang Hai, the sixth descendant of Qi, was clever and resourceful, he trained oxen to carry goods and pull carts, and drove them along the north bank of the Yellow River to the vassal states to do business, so the people from the outside tribes called them "merchants", which is the origin of the title "merchants".

In the history of Chinese commerce, the record of Wang Hai engaging in commerce and being killed for this is the earliest record of commerce and behavior in ancient Chinese documents, and Wang Hai was the leader of the Shang tribe at that time. Therefore, Wang Hai can be said to be the first person in Chinese business, that is, the originator of Chinese business.

The commerce of the Shang Dynasty was very prosperous, and it was known as "the wings of the Shang Dynasty, the extreme of the four directions". Merchants were good at doing business, and later generations called those who did business "merchants". It is to buy things, to buy and sell from the east to the west, to become expensive and cheap, to adjust the surplus and shortage, and to measure far and near.

The oracle bone inscription of the merchant never mentions the theory of the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors, and the simple shop says that the theory of the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors may have been compiled by Zhou in order to establish orthodoxy, and the oracle bone inscription of the merchant only recognizes his own ancestral deeds.

Shang is still black, Yin is still white! The two should not be confused!

Legend has it that the Shang clan is a descendant of the Gaoxin clan (Emperor Yu), who lived in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and had a long history. During the Shun period, the Shang clan produced an outstanding military leader - Qi. Later, the merchant called him "King Xuan", as the ancestor, and made up an ode to him "The Divine Destiny Xuanniao, descended to give birth to a merchant, and the house is vast" to praise him.

When Taikang lost the country, Qi's grandson Xiangtu began to develop to the east, and the "Book of Songs" said: "Xiangtu is fierce, and there are interceptions overseas." By the middle of the Xia Dynasty, Sun Ming of the sixth Qi Dynasty "died of diligence in his officials", and the merchants worshipped him in the "suburbs".

Wang Hai of the underworld "served the cow" and developed to Hebei. By the time of the fourteenth generation of Sun Tang, Shang had become a relatively powerful Fang state in the East. "Chinese Zhou Yuxia" said: "Yun Wang is diligent and merchant, and four out of ten are prosperous."

Businessmen play an important role in society. They realize their interests through the exchange of goods, and at the same time contribute to the development of the social economy. The commercial activities of merchants not only promoted the circulation of goods, but also promoted the development of technology and the generation of innovation, bringing more opportunities and choices to society.

The origins of merchants can be traced back to the early societies of mankind. In primitive societies, people took hunting, gathering, fishing, etc. as their main production activities, and the exchange of materials was limited to the ** between tribes. With the rise of agriculture and the development of handicrafts, people began to produce more goods, and the exchange of goods became more frequent.

In this process, the merchant began to emerge as an intermediary in the exchange of goods.

The activities of businessmen also create employment opportunities for society and improve people's living standards. Commercial activities can also promote exchanges between different regions and countries, and enhance exchanges and understanding between different cultures.

In short, merchants, as intermediaries in the exchange of goods, play an important role in social and economic development. With the continuous development of social economy, the status and role of businessmen will continue to be enhanced.