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This book examines one of the most important problems concerning Chinese civilization - how was the pattern of stability and continuity of Chinese society and economy achieved and maintained from approximately 800 to 1800. It uses the results of detailed, specialized research about the Chinese landholding system, marketing patterns, the role of the extended family therein, taxation and non-elite social groups in one specific locale to answer questions that historians of any civilization ask about the structure and functioning of a given society. The author has investigated the development of the Hui-chou community over a 1,000 year period by concentrating on six grand questions, each answered by one chapter. The answers to these questions, as given in this work, show that 'stability' is a dynamic concept. 'Continuity' in Hui- chou is the result of the 'changes' in population growth, commercialization, and class differentiation acting in concert over the long term.

Huizhou Diqu (China) --- Huizhou Diqu (Chine) --- History --- Local history (science) --- Social conditions --- Descriptive sociology --- Social history --- Sociology --- History.

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Merchants --- S03/0615 --- S03/0616 --- S17/0605 --- Businesspeople --- China: Geography, description and travel--Jiangxi --- China: Geography, description and travel--Anhui --- China: Art and archaeology--Ink, painting and writing material (incl. Hua Pu) --- Huizhou Diqu (China) --- Hui-chou ti chʻü (China) --- Huizhou Prefecture (China) --- Hui-chou Prefecture (China) --- Anhui Sheng Huizhou Diqu (China) --- Civilization. --- Commerce. --- Intellectual life. --- Commercants --- Histoire --- Huizhou Diqu (Chine) --- Guides --- Commerce --- 徽州地区 (China) --- Huangshan Shi (China : Prefecture) --- Commercants - Chine - Huizhou - Histoire --- Huizhou Diqu (Chine) - Guides --- Huizhou Diqu (Chine) - Commerce - Histoire

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From precious jade articles to monumental stone arches, Huizhou salt merchants in Jiangnan lived surrounded by objects in eighteenth-century China. How and why did these businessmen devote themselves to these items? What can we learn about eighteenth-century China by examining the relationship between merchants and objects? Luxurious Networks examines Huizhou salt merchants in the material world of High Qing China to reveal a dynamic interaction between people and objects. The Qianlong emperor purposely used objects to expand his influence in economic and cultural fields. Thanks to their broad networks, outstanding managerial skills, and abundant financial resources, these salt merchants were ideal agents for selecting and producing objects for imperial use. In contrast to the typical caricature of merchants as mimics of the literati, these wealthy businessmen became respected individuals who played a crucial role in the political, economic, social, and cultural world of eighteenth-century China. Their life experiences illustrate the dynamic relationship between the Manchu and Han, central and local, and humans and objects in Chinese history.

Merchants --- Salt industry and trade --- Manchus --- Material culture --- S04/0680 --- S10/0450 --- S10/0500 --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Manchu (Manchurian people) --- Ethnology --- Tatars --- Tungusic peoples --- Nonmetallic minerals industry --- Businesspeople --- History --- Social networks --- Kings and rulers --- China: History--Qing: general: 1644 - 1912 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Commerce inside China: general and before 1911 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Industries and industrialization: general and before 1911 (economic aspects come here) --- Huizhou Diqu (China) --- China --- Hui-chou ti chʻü (China) --- Huizhou Prefecture (China) --- Hui-chou Prefecture (China) --- Anhui Sheng Huizhou Diqu (China) --- History of Asia --- anno 1700-1799 --- Commerce --- 徽州地区 (China) --- Huangshan Shi (China : Prefecture)