The Data On Stock Of Silver In Ming And Qing Dynasty From The 14th To 19th Century

It was a crucial period for the whole world,which was from the sixteenth century to the seventeenth century,as the Europeans had already completed the oversea exploration.The America and the Africa began to join the world trade system,which was leaded by the Europe.It was also a significant period for China,because the history of silver,as the assistant currency of copper cashes,circulated in China came to an end.Instead,it became the legal currency of China.The silver as the legal currency circulated in Ming and Qing Dynasty.Based on this fact,the demand of the silver increased sharply.However,China lacked the silver mineral deposit at that time,the output of silver could not satisfy people's demand,so they had to seek the silver oversea.For this reason,silver became the major import commodity.According to the information we sort out,We found Chinese silver is mainly from Japan and America.According to the information,we could draw a conclusion that about two hundred million of Japanese silver was shipped to China.The output of the silver in America were about 80 percent of the world.Most of them came into China in different ways.On one hand,the large scale of silver was flowed to China to satisfy the demand of the market in China.On the other hand,it also promoted the economic development between China and other countries.In this way,the silver,acted as the currency,played an irreplaceable role in the development of the world trade.Based on the importance of silver currency,this thesis,based on the previous studies,is divided into three chapters to discuss the silver stock in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the influence on China and the world economy.The first chapter is about the silver of Ming Dynasty,and the silver stock of the entire Ming Dynasty is estimated through the estimation of the production and inflow of the Ming Dynasty silver.The second chapter is about the silver of the Qing Dynasty,and the silver stock of the entire Qing Dynasty is estimated through the estimation of the production,inflow and outflow of the Qing Dynasty silver.The third chapter explores the influence of silver currency on China and the world economy as well as the world trade through the comparison of silver data of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.