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Social Wealth Structure of the Ming Dynasty and its Influence on the Historical Development of China

Zeming Zhao

Abstract


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.

Keywords


Ming Dynasty; Wealth distribution; Wealth structure

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i9.4750

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