【英文摘要】Tong Bao currency is the most complex and perfect coppersystem with the longest period of utility in Chinese monetaryhistory.It has an important position in Chinese economichistory and has a profound influence on Chinese civilization.The traditional study of Tong Bao currency laid particularstress on Coinics.The study that uses the method of economicsbegan in the early days of this century and has undergone twohigh tides--the Republic of China and the present age. Onoccasion of epitomizing Chinese Coinics in the past hundredyears and the world entering the new century, the academicconditions for making a systematic study of Tong Bao currencysystem are ripening.This paper presents a brief and account of the authors conception of the history of the establishment,development and declination of Tong Bao Currency System.
【关 键 词】货币史/通宝币制/货币文化
currency history/ Tong Bao currency system/ monetary culture
