Ten Great Merchant Guilds

The Ten Great Merchant Guilds (simplified Chinese: 十大商帮; traditional Chinese: 十大商幫; pinyin: Shí Dà Shāngbāng) were the variously influential groups of merchants and businessmen in Chinese history. They were:[1]

  • Shanxi Merchants (晉商) - also known as Jin merchants
  • Huizhou Merchants - based in modern Huangshan, Anhui
  • Longyou Merchants (龍游商幫) - based in modern western Zhejiang province
  • Ningbo Merchants (寧波商幫)
  • Dongting Merchants 洞庭商幫 - based in the Dongting region of modern Suzhou
  • Jiangxi Merchants (江西商幫) - also known as the Jiangyou Merchants (江右商幫)
  • Guangdong Merchants
  • Shaanxi Merchants
  • Shandong Merchants
  • Fujian (Min) Merchants

See also

References
  1. Robert Gardella; Andrea McElderry; Jane K. Leonard (2017). Chinese Business History - Interpretive Trends and Priorities for the Future. Taylor & Francis.


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