Ten Great Merchant Guilds Explained

The Ten Great Merchant Guilds 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

• Hong (business)
• Cohong
• Jiao (commercial guild)

Notes and References

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