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Tang · Money & Society
From Buried Coins to Burned Paper: The Making of Money for the Dead
A Tang writer described paper money carried before coffins and burned for spirits. A Tang history blamed it on a chancellor. By the Song it was seasonal stock, on sale days before the festival.
Tang · Money & Society
The Register Came First: Earning a Living in Tang China
Tang statutes fixed what a load, a day and a year were worth, before the register decided who could do which work. What the state priced, and what it left out.