huī​shāng

Huizhou merchant group

徽商 huī​shāng
Huizhou merchant group
Historical collective of merchants from the ancient Huizhou area (modern-day Anhui and Jiangxi provinces); active from the Jin through Qing dynasties and prominent in the salt, tea, stationery, and pawnbroking trades. Also called 新安商人 xīn'ān​shāng​rén or 徽帮 huī​bāng

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