Dian Dang Pu (English: Dian Dang Pu)

Japanese: 典当鋪 - てんとうほ（英語表記）diǎn dàng pù

Pawn shops in old China. Both dian and dō mean the same as in Japanese. In the olden days they were called pawn shops, mortgage shops, kaiko, and jie dien ko, and from the Qing to the Republic of China they were called dian dōpu (shops), dian dōpu (shops), dang dōpu (shops), and pawn dōpu (shops). They are said to have started in the 5th century, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, when temples established pawn shops to help the poor, and initially had the nature of a social work. From the Tang and Song dynasties, they became an extremely profitable and stable financial business, and wealthy private citizens and merchants began to operate them as profit-making businesses, and they developed over time.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

旧中国の質屋。典も当も日本でいう質の意味。古くは質庫，抵当庫，解庫，解典庫などといい，清代から民国時代にかけては典当鋪(舗)，典鋪(舗)，当鋪(舗)，質当鋪(舗)などと呼ばれた。5世紀，南北朝のころ，貧民救済のために寺院が質庫を設けたのが始まりとされ，最初は社会事業的な性質をもっていた。唐･宋時代からは，きわめて有利かつ安定した金融業として，民間の富豪や商人が営利事業として経営を始め，時代が下るにつれて発達した。

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