士农工商,旧时称为“四民”,这是对社会上四种职业人士的称谓。据《汉书·食货志上》解释: “学而居位曰士, 辟土殖谷曰农,作巧成器曰工,通财鬻货曰商。”可见,自古以来就把“通财鬻货”——参与贸易活动、买卖货物的人士称为“商人”,直到现代仍是如此。其实,“商人”的得名,应该上溯至远古的商代。“商人”的原意,本来是指“商族之人”。 Ss farming industrial and commercial, formerly known as the “four people”, which is the title of four social professionals. According to “Han Shi Shangzhi” explained: “Learning and living position, who said that the provision of soil farming said farming, Qiao Cheng said workers, through financial goods merchants.” Can be seen since ancient times put “pass Choi goods ”- involved in trade activities, the people buying and selling goods called“ traders ”until modern is still true. In fact, the name of “merchant” should go back to ancient Shang Dynasty. The original meaning of “merchant” was originally “merchant man”.