明清两代,山西商人称雄中国经济舞台长达五个多世纪之久。在如此漫长的历史时期里,晋商一直是地主制经济运转过程中的主体集团之一。在重要商品的地域性买卖以及全国性商品运销,对外贸易,金融汇兑,乃至在政府军事物资供应、饷源以及财政支持等方面,晋商都曾起了不可忽视的 In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Shanxi businessmen dominated the Chinese economy for more than five centuries. In such a long historical period, the Shanxi merchants have always been one of the main groups in the process of the economic operation of landownership. Shanxi merchants have played a significant role in the regional trade of important commodities as well as in the nationwide marketing and sales of goods, foreign trade and exchange of funds, and even in the supply of government military supplies, rates sources and financial support