Ten Great Merchant Guilds

The Ten Great Merchant Guilds were the variously influential groups of merchants and businessmen in Chinese history. They were:


 * Shanxi Merchants (晉商) - also known as Jin merchants
 * Huizhou Merchants - based in modern Huangshan, Anhui
 * Longyou Merchants (龍游商幫) - based in modern western Zhejiang province
 * Ningbo Merchants (寧波商幫)
 * Dongting Merchants 洞庭商幫 - based in the Dongting region of modern Suzhou
 * Jiangxi Merchants (江西商幫) - also known as the Jiangyou Merchants (江右商幫)
 * Guangdong Merchants
 * Shaanxi Merchants
 * Shandong Merchants
 * Fujian (Min) Merchants