hung-chih

The chia-t'ai edition is unfortunately lost to the world, but T'u's reprint of the hung-chih period of the Ming era is in current use; and its photographic reproduction is now available in the extensive anthology of Chinese literature known under the title of Ssŭ Pu

Discourses On Salt and Iron 1931

What is known of the author of the Discourses on Salt and Iron and the origin of his work is summarized in the preface to the hung-chih edition.

Discourses On Salt and Iron 1931

This was made by T'u Chên, a mayor of Hsin Kan in the 14th year of hung-chih era in the Ming period [1501].

Discourses On Salt and Iron 1931

This note, generally repeated in succeeding redactions, was composed by a scholar named Tu Mu1 of Wu Chün2 in the 14th year of the hung-chih era of the Ming dynasty (1501 A.D.), by way of a tribute to his fellow licentiate in letters T'u Chen. 4

Discourses On Salt and Iron 1931