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The term “**gji” in the cultural circle of Chinese characters was transformed from the classical meaning of governance for the people to mean a system of inter-related national production, distribution, and consumption activities, and also mean being frugal and giving good value or return in relation to the money, beginning with the use of keizai by modern Japanese as the translation of English term “economy.” In the West, the term “economy” has a rather complicated development process.
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Aristotle, “Economics,” Collected Works, Renmin University of China Press, 1994, vol. 9, p. 289.
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See Mingli Tan, a Chinese version of Introduction to Aristotle’s Dialectics prepared by Francois Furtado and Li Zhizao, Bei**g: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 1959.
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Feng, T. (2023). The Evolution of Ancient and Modern Meaning of Economy in the West Until It Was Finally Settled. In: The Cultural History of the Chinese Concepts Fengjian (Feudalism) and **gji (Economy). Key Concepts in Chinese Thought and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2617-6_15
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