Open AccessSocial Wealth Structure of the Ming Dynasty and its Influence on the Historical Development of China
Author(s) -
Zhao Zhang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
xue xi yu jiao yu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2251-2802
DOI - 10.18282/l-e.v10i5.2693
Subject(s) - demise , china , bureaucracy , commodity , monetization , socialist market economy , economy , relations of production , political science , economic history , market economy , economics , law , politics , macroeconomics
After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with the rapid development of market commodity economy, Jiangnan town
economy and silver monetization, the social production and life relations had undergone profound changes, and the polarization
of social wealth became more and more serious.A hundred years and seriously solidified centralized system and party struggle and
corrupt bureaucracy promoted this unfair distribution, intensified social conflicts, and eventually led to the demise of the Ming
Dynasty.The article divides the social groups of the Ming Dynasty into different classes, analyzes the composition of its wealth
structure, and discusses the influence of this structure on the historical development of China.