Song dynasty merchants came from all classes of society:intermediate and small merchants,peasants,handicraftsmen,monks and sordid merchants.They became the richest merchants by managing hard or speculating.City residents,peasants,handicraftsmen were main part of intermediate and small merchants among which peasants and handicraftsmen held two posts simultaneously.The officials who did business were officials and concurrently merchants.There were many important officials such as prime ministers and councilor...
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