Jiaozi
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- General readers interested in Song economic and financial history
- Readers who want to understand the origins of jiaozi and local governance in Bashu
- Readers who enjoy historical narratives interspersed with cases and character stories
- Researchers in monetary or institutional history for reference
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting a purely academic monograph on monetary theory
- Those interested only in contemporary financial practice
- Readers who prefer fast-paced fiction and lack patience for historical background
Reading tips
- Read the section on Zhang Yong's governance of Shu first, then review the early Song policy background in Shu to clarify the institutional conditions for jiaozi's emergence.
- Annotate the relationships among the court, local officials, and private merchants while reading to understand the resistance and momentum behind jiaozi issuance.
- Read the strange-case episodes as cross-sections of the era, noting what they reveal about grassroots society and official-people relations.
- After finishing, consult general works on Song economic history to supplement knowledge of jiaozi's subsequent evolution.
About the publisher
China Democracy and Legal System Publishing House focuses on professional legal publishing. Its output covers working materials for state organs of power, compilations of laws and regulations, legal popularization readers for the public, law textbooks and documentation on people's congress work, with law, politics and social sciences as common categories. Representative titles in the catalog include the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, the Constitution of the People's Republic of China and the Ecological Environment Code of the People's Republic of China, alongside practice- and research-oriented works such as Legislators Explaining the Law: Li Yuan's Reports on Legal Interpretation and On Record Review and Constitutional Review. Its authors include Li Yuan, Qin Qianhong, the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and editorial teams. The press emphasizes accuracy in legal texts and the organization of practical people's congress materials, while also serving public legal education.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 内容简介
- 引子
- 第一章 玉垒浮云
- 第二章 生死朝暮
- 第三章 往事悠悠
- 第四章 行客多愁
- 第五章 水声山色
- 第六章 昭阳日影
- 第七章 岁月如瞥
- 第八章 志大成迂
- 第九章 此时凝睇
- 第十章 去也茫茫
- 尾声
- 附录一 北宋四川行政区域
- 附录二 北宋四川图
- 附录三 北宋成都府
- 附录四 宋太祖至真宗历任成都知府
- 附录五 张咏像
- 附录六 方孝儒赞张咏治蜀
- 附录七 交子实物
- 附录八 宋太宗指挥铜印
- 附录九 宗太祖、宋太宗、宋真宗像
- 后记
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About the author
Wu Wei is a contemporary Chinese writer. A woman whose ancestral home is Hubei, she graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology and once worked in the IT industry before turning to writing. Fond of literature and history, she describes herself as "making a living among old papers," and her works are largely drawn from ancient Chinese history and celebrated legal cases, spanning documentary literature, biography, historical reading, and social fiction; 33 of her works are held in the collection. She has created series such as "Explorations of Great Cases in Ancient China" and "Great Histories of the Han, Tang, Song, and Ming," with representative works including An Cang Sha Ji, Snow Fills the Bow (Parts 1 and 2), Xuanji Tu, Yuchang Sword, The Ganlu Incident (Parts 1 and 2), and Bao Qingtian. She has also participated in the screenwriting of several television dramas. Her writing emphasizes the organization of historical sources and the development of plot, blending suspense and detective elements into popular historical narrative. Because public information is limited, details of her life remain unclear.
