With regard to the actual condition ofand changes in the textile consumption ofthe Chinese people since the 18th century,Xu Xinwu laid an empirical basis for assess-ing the production and consumption of cot-ton cloth in his History of Handwoven ClothSouth of the Yangtze River, with the main With regard to the actual condition of and changes in the textile consumption of the Chinese people since the 18th century, Xu Xinwu laid an empirical basis for assess- ing the production and consumption of cot-ton cloth in his History of Handwoven Cloth South of the Yangtze River, with the main