南華早報What’s the true worth of ‘10,000 strings of cash’ in ancient China
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南華早報 · 文章頁摘要Despite ranking at the bottom of the social hierarchy – below scholars and farmers – several wealthy merchants are still remembered today.
Chinese people use the phrase “yao chan wan guan,” or “carrying ten thousand strings of cash around the waist,” to describe wealth. But how much was a...