明清以来,山西商人遍及全国各地乃至国外,号称“凡是有麻雀的地方就有山西商人”。其中,与蒙古、俄罗斯通商的商行——通事行,最有特色,他们与狗结下了不解之缘。“通事”,是古代对翻译人员的称呼,到蒙古经商要会说蒙古语,到俄罗斯经商要会说俄语,人们就把会说蒙古语、俄语的商 Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, Shanxi merchants have spread all over the country and even abroad, claiming to be “wherever there is a sparrow, there are Shanxi merchants.” Among them, the most common thing is that they have established a relationship with the dogs. “Password” is an ancient term for translators. Business people in Mongolia want to speak Mongolian. Businesses in Russia want to speak Russian, and people put together businesses that speak Mongolian and Russian.