Study On Monetary Issues In The Tang Dynasty

Development of ancient Chinese history, the Tang Dynasty is in a very important time,politically, to re-establish a unified multi-ethnic country, the feudal economy stabledevelopment in the country. Especially from the Golden Years of the Kaiyuan Spirit,production development, commercial development and social prosperity, is the heyday offeudal society. Promote the development of commodity economy monetary economy, thuscontributing to the currency structure corresponding changes in the Tang Dynasty.This paper argues that the transition period of the Tang Dynasty in ancient China ’s monetarysystem, that is, from the precious metals gold and silver, especially silver coins graduallyreplace the transitional stage base metal and cloth Valley millet and other kind of currency. Inpast dynasties coins of monetary functions, were his outgoings gusu, gold and silver jewelry,have been used as currency in the Tang dynasty, the difference only lies in the implementationof all or part of the money functions as well as the different levels of circulation, which flewin late Tang dynasty as China’s first Exchange, origin of Chinese banknotes, change ofcurrency system in the Tang dynasty could therefore understand the evolution of ancientChinese monetary history. Therefore, since the Tang Dynasty, the currency issue has attractedthe attention of scholars, very worthy of study.New economic history research methods used in this paper, combined with the literature,overview of currency changes in the structure of the Tang dynasty, an in-depth study ofcurrency in Tang dynasty. Practiced Qian Bo of the Tang dynasty and the monetary system,that is, coins and silk are legal tender, in parallel. During a certain period, this monetarysystem was, for economic development, but with the development of socio-economic,contradictions of this system and economic development, was no longer adapt to thecommodities exchange, hampering the development of commodity economy and monetaryeconomy. Tang and the series of measures taken by the Government to continue to maintainsuch a monetary system, is contrary to the objective laws of economic development.The Tang Dynasty was metal coins-coins renaissance period, along with economicdevelopment, compared Silk, coins gradually be welcomed. Tang dynasty coins in circulation were stolen during casting, issues such as inflation, Qian Huang and disrupted the marketorder, and seriously hindered the economic development and undermine social stability.Down a series of measures taken by the Government to solve the above problems, broadly inline with the prevailing economic forms, but not eradicated. Silk as currency is widely used inthe early Tang dynasty, position and function can be said to exceed the coins, but with thedevelopment of commodity economy and silk in the currency structure of a change in thestatus, role, gradually fading, experienced a power failure in the development process.Moreover at the end of the Tang money fill currency structure vacancy, the currencyperformance strengthens, as well as flies Qian in Zhei the world the earliest exchange wayproduction, these correlation questions are worth studying thoroughly.