The Impact of Handicraft Industry Development on Business during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the production of handicraft industry entered a stage of unprecedented prosperity than ever before.Prosperous handicraft production had an important influence on the commercial production and its development of that period, mainly reflected in the following aspects: first, private manufacturing production mode led to the existence of merchant group;second, the development and prosperity of trade in goods depended on the development of handicraft industry, and development of handicraft industry promoted commodity trade extensively;third, large-scale production and circulation of currency promoted the further deepening of commodity-money relations.