The Commodity Trade and Price Fluctuation in the Rucheng District, Hunan, During Late Qing and the Republic

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 111-140
Author(s):  
Hyung-gweon Chun
Keyword(s):  
Commodity Trade ◽  
Price Fluctuation ◽  
Late Qing ◽  
The Republic

The Influence of Foreign Trade Activities on Chinese Loan Words from the Historical Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 690
Author(s):  
Yiming Zhao ◽  
Yeli Shi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Tang Dynasty ◽  
Han Dynasty ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Late Qing Dynasty ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Loan Words ◽  
Late Qing ◽  
The Tang Dynasty ◽  
The Republic

In the process of thousands of years’ dynasties change and social development, it is not difficult to find the sustained impact of foreign trade on Chinese society. Trade has output both the goods and culture of China. At the same time it also brought in the material and non-material civilization from other places of the world. As a product of foreign culture, loan words are not only a microcosm of the outcome of trade activities in specific periods, but also enrichment to Chinese language. This article intends to elaborate the influence of trade activities on Chinese loan words with the development of history as the pointcut, focusing on the typical periods of the development of foreign trade in China, including the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

Localization of Bible Printing in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 362-378
Author(s):  
Wang Zi
Keyword(s):  
Early Republic ◽  
Historical Survey ◽  
Late Qing Dynasty ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Late Qing ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Modern Enterprise ◽  
Chinese Christianity ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic

This essay gives a historical survey of Bible printing in China not only to show the development of Chinese Christianity in its missions of printing and publishing but also to demonstrate that the works of printing and publishing are windows of dialogue between Chinese and foreign cultures. The essay traces Bible printing in China with different mission strategies, such as Catholics in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and Protestants in the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China. Since the Republic of China, Bible printing has begun to develop in the direction of localization with numerous presses established. In New China, with its focus on streamlining and unity in printing and publishing, Amity Printing Company becomes the only Chinese modern enterprise authorized to print the Bible; it has served China and also more than 110 countries around the world.

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