Financial Thought of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties

The following sections are included:IntroductionWang Yun on Zhongtong paper moneyOn the experience of Zhongtong paper money issuanceOn lessons learned from the failure of the Zhongtong paper money issuanceOn promotion of Zhongtong paper moneyDiscussions of monetary reform by Lu ShirongZheng Jiefu’s theory of coins supplementing paper moneyAnalysis and comparison of coins and paper moneyOn paper money circulation law and metal coin circulation lawThe checks and balance theory of the reserve and paper moneyHu Zhiyu on paper money circulationOn the checks and balance between the parent and offspring of paper money and coinsOn incompatibility of paper money and coinOn paper moneyAnnex: Paper money circulation regulations authored by Ye LiWang Yi’s theory of firm coin and weak paper moneyOn the nature of the concept of moneyOn firmness of moneyOn monetary reformPool and ditch theory of paper money by Ye ZiqiOn the scrapping of Yuan Dynasty paper moneyOn change of paper moneyOn the law of paper money circulationMonetary theory of Liu DingzhiOn monetary consciousnessOn circulation of coinsOn paper money circulationQiu Jun’s theory of monetary metalLabor theory of valueTheory of the origin of moneyOn monopoly issuance by the stateOn monetary system reformAnti-usury theories of Lv Kun and Song YingxingLv Kun on usury killing peopleSong Yingxing on usury brooding upheavalAi Nanying on usury — pawn shops