Decoding the Appellation "Businessmen" from It's Development

The initial meaning of Chinese character shang refers to the time scale on the ancient leaking pot, which has intimate connection with the name of Shang Star and Shang Dynasty. Just from Shang Dynasty, it began to cover the implication businessman, Theoretically the production of the appellation should be soon after the Shang Dynasty was overwhelmed by Zhou Dynasty, actually it appeared at the beginning of the Warring States. Because of the history and business development, the meaning of Chinese character shang changed gradually from country to businessman.