Ming And Qing Henan The Muan Merchants,

With the visual angle of regional economy history, this article investigates the background of Wu'an Merchants' rising and development process, also utilizes the organic integration ways of whole and case. Then the penman pays attention to the business activities and organizations of Wu'an Merchants to show its special commercial history.It contains the meaning of theme, research actuality; concept defined and research ways, focal point and difficult point. Using existing research fruits for references, I have more consulted the local records in the Ming and Qing Dynasty, literary history data, newly organized local records, so I think Wu'an Merchants were a business colony who mostly dealt in Chinese medicine and other rare medicinal materials, meanwhile, they also did business in cotton cloth, and so on. They not only made business in Henan province, but also in some other areas to enlarge their organizations.The next, Natural geographical environment and regional social background in Wu' an. This chapter analyses Wu'an's area basically, and points out that the special geographical position of Wu'an, abundant production resources, Shanxi Merchants' early trade and the transition of trade ideas was the important foundation which Wu'an Merchants raised.Wu'an Merchants' development course and its ways to depend on. This chapter discusses the types of Wu'an Merchants, such as medical resource, cotton cloth, and so on. Discussing the activities about Wu'an Merchants.The major of Wu'an Merchants—the elementary research of druggists and business activities. The druggists made business activities in Anyang, Hui county and Baiquan, especially in Shandong, Tanking, and the northeast of China, the most famous areas of druggists.Wu'an Merchants began to integrate regional society .They have not only promoted the development of local economy, but also participated in the local public common-weal undertaking. So they have realized the transition of the social function. In conclusion, Wu'an Merchants is a classic business group which was formed in Ming and Qing Dynasty. It took an important role in Henan's business history. But its capital capability, members of its organization, and local social influence, still had prominent disparity with other traders.