Fading Life -- The Fragrant Toilet

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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: For centuries, the toilet has been integrated into people's lives, forming a unique culture of convenience for a specific period. Even when getting a haircut, the barber would ask: "Do you want a suit-style, flat-top-style, or toilet-style?" The starting point of the industry is naturally the toilet manufacturing industry, while emptying the toilet and collecting manure belong to the service industry. According to modern scientific terms, the former is the secondary industry and upstream industry, while the latter is the tertiary industry and downstream industry. Moreover, using toilet bowl scale as medicine and comprehensive utilization of manure clearly belong to easily overlooked yet profitable extended industries and marginal industries. If further (refined), the research, sales, and maintenance of toilets are undoubtedly indispensable parts of this industry chain. Like other industries, the market competition in the toilet industry has given rise to centralized business models. Under the framework of the manure collection service industry, countless sanitation workers are the lowest tier. In Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s, the number was as high as 5,000; those who owned hundreds of manure carts could become the "manure king" of a certain territory, collecting rents, while the more powerful ones grew into leaders of factions like the Northern Jiangsu Gang and the Jiangnan Gang; and the underworld thrived, profiting from all sides with ease. This scenario is no different from the popular trades of that time and today. Similarly, the toilet manufacturing industry has also begun to take shape in centralized business models. In the Ming Dynasty, the wealthy merchant Shen Wansan gathered skilled craftsmen in Nanjing's southern suburbs, and specialized toilet workshops flourished. It can be said that the germination of capitalism had already emerged in the toilet industry centuries ago. A glimpse into a bucket reveals the whole picture. The study of toilets is vast and profound. If you delve deeper, you will be surprised to discover their clever application of human ergonomics and their unique contributions to military science. Of course, the perspective of observing a bucket varies from person to person. This book provides a comprehensive scan of the toilet industry, the result of six years of effort by Mr. Zha Xi Liu. With his innovative vision, you will gain more benefits and will be prompted to observe even more.