The Official Expression and Folk Tale of Beihai Pearl Industry in Ming Dynasty
Abstract
The pearl picks fishes activity to be remote in our country history. Calculates from Qin and Han dynasty, south pick fishes pearl's history to reach unexpectedly for more than 2000 years, on Ming dynasty, the pearl fisher reach a pak leave, the feudal government has enlarged the supervision of the pearl fishers. Costody of the ad hoc besd pond eunuch in order to guarantee the supply of oyster. However, about the bead pond court eunuch town in the bead pond's history, the power of gossip is unable to agree, only the official express and the folk tale presented the enormous difference. This artical take the official expression and the folk tale as a breakthrough point, the official records of the public reputation and bead pond eunuch of the Ming dynasty Lijing and weizhou Huangzhong guerrilla general differences in two deeds and the causes of the Beihai to a fresh look at Beihai pearl industry in Ming dynasty.
Key words：The Ming dynasty, Beihai, Search for pearl industry, Official expression, Folk tale
