“商人”一词的含义随着社会的不断变迁而变化,这个变化反映在从文献中就是,刚开始出现的“商人”表示的是“商族人”的意义。随着社会发展,商业逐渐变得繁荣,这时“商人”一词在文献中就表示“做买卖的生意人等”的意义了,这一意义最终在战国时期的文献中固定下来,并一直沿用到现在。 The meaning of the term “merchant” changes with the constant change of society. This change is reflected in the literature that the beginning of “merchant” indicates the meaning of “merchant”. With the development of society, the business gradually becomes prosperous. At this moment, the term “businessman” means in the literature “the trader who traded,” etc., which is finally fixed in the literature of the Warring States period Down, and has been used until now.