History of the Development of Chinese Handicraft Commerce

Author: Tong Shuyi
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Publishing Date: 2005-09-01
Features: A History of the Development of Chinese Handicraft and Commerce (Before the Opium War) is the posthumous work of Professor Tong Shuyi. Professor Tong was a renowned scholar in China and a historian with profound expertise and significant achievements. He began publishing academic papers in 1934, and including A History of the Development of Chinese Handicraft and Commerce, he left behind over three million words of academic works in his lifetime. This book was originally a lecture manuscript from the 1950s, later revised and completed in early 1960. Before being printed, it was edited and organized by Tong Shuyi's student, Tong Xun Tong, who now works at the editorial department of the Wen Shi Zhe magazine. The book was finalized in the 1960s and first published in 1981, becoming one of the earliest comprehensive histories of Chinese industry and commerce at the time. It has now been fully revised, corrected for errors, and supplemented with appendices. The book is divided into eight chapters, covering the periods of the Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn, the Warring States, the Qin and Han, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang, the Song, the Yuan, and the Ming and Qing dynasties, systematically examining the history of the development of Chinese handicraft and commerce before the Opium War. It presents the author's original insights and holds high reference value for the study of Chinese economic history.