“市”最初叫做“市井”,是买卖货物的场所。《国语》有“处工,就官府;处商,就市井;处农,就田野”之说。《汉书》有“商相与语财利于市井”的句子。《史记》也有“政乃市井之人”的记载。为什么叫做“市井”呢?据《管子》云:“立市必四方,若造井之制,故日市井。”当然,古籍中关于“市井”的释义还有很多,如《汉书》颜注说,“市,交易之处;井,共汲之所”。《风俗通》所收俗说,“市井,谓至市者当于井上洗濯其物香洁”。 “City” was originally called “marketplace” and was a place for buying and selling goods. “Mandarin” has “work, to the government; office business, on the market; Department of agriculture, on the field,” said. “Han” has “business and language money market benefits” sentence. “Historical Records” also have “political is a man of the well,” the record. Why is it called “marketplace”? According to “pipe” cloud: “The establishment of the city will be the Quartet, if the system of making wells, so the market day.” Of course, there are many ancient classics on the definition of “marketplace”, such as “Han” Said that “the city, the transaction of the place; well, a total of pumping the place.” “Custom pass” according to the customs, said “marketplace, that to the market when the well washes its ware Xiang Jie.”