Peng Xinwei 彭信威 (P'eng Hsin-wei) (1907–1967) was a Chinese economic historian, and author of ''A Monetary History of China''.

Life

Peng was born in Yantian, Xixiang,

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province, in 1907. After studying in Japan, he became a banker in Shanghai. His approach to economic history was influenced by the work of

Carl Menger Carl Menger von Wolfensgrün (; ; 28 February 1840 – 26 February 1921) was an Austrian economist who contributed to the marginal theory of value. Menger is considered the founder of the Austrian school of economics. In building his margi ...

and

Ludwig von Mises Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (; ; September 29, 1881 – October 10, 1973) was an Austrian-American political economist and philosopher of the Austrian school. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the social contributions of classical l ...

. Peng also taught at

Fudan University Fudan University (FDU) is a public university, national public university in Yangpu, Shanghai, Yangpu, Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education and is co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal ...

in Shanghai. He died in 1967.

''A Monetary History of China''

This pioneering work is acclaimed internationally. "It is a classic in the field of Chinese monetary history and numismatics" – Hans Ulrich Vogel, University of Tuebingen. "His monumental two-volume work, ''A Monetary History of China'', is much more than a history of money. It is a comprehensive history of Chinese economic thought." – William N. GoetzmannGoetzmann, in ''Money Changes Everything: how finance made everything possible'' (Princeton University Press, 2017), p.159. * 1954 "中国货币史" ''Zhongguo huobi shi'' (Qunlian publishing house 群联出版社) * 1958 "中国货币史" ''Zhongguo huobi shi'' (Shanghai Renmin publishing house 上海人民出版社) * 1965 "中国货币史" ''Zhongguo huobi shi'' (Shanghai Renmin publishing house 上海人民出版社) * 1994 ''A Monetary History of China'' (English translation by Edward H. Kaplan)

References

External links

* Peng Xinwei on Chinese Wikipedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Peng, Xinwei People from Ji'an Chinese numismatists 20th-century Chinese economists Historians from Jiangxi 1907 births 1967 deaths 20th-century Chinese historians Academic staff of Chongqing University Academic staff of Fudan University Educators from Jiangxi