Everyone knows the word "accountant". It is a name for supervising and managing financial work. Nowadays, "accountant" is also used to refer to people who do such work.

"Accounting" has a long history and has existed since ancient times. According to records, our country has had dedicated accounting officials since the Zhou Dynasty, responsible for tax revenue, monetary expenditures and other financial work, and conducting monthly calculations and annual meetings. That is to say, the monthly scattered calculations are called "ji", and the annual total calculations are called "meetings". The two together form "accounting".

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Let's go back to the roots and examine it. It is said that the word "accounting" was left by Dayu. There is a mountain between Shaoxing, Shengxian, Zhuji, Dongyang and other places in Zhejiang Province today. It was called "Miao Mountain" in ancient times. In the later years of Dayu, Miao Mountain was renamed "Kuiji Mountain", and this name is still used today. "Kuiji" means "accounting audit", so the word was invented by Dayu and passed down.

The word "accounting" is used in many places in ancient books: "Mencius" has a record of "accounting is enough"; "Warring States Policy" has a story about Feng Chen's "Mengchangjun's market meeting", and Mengchangjun wanted to When someone was sent to Xue Yi to collect the debt for him, he asked his subordinates, "Who is studying accounting?" The ancient "accounting" is today's "accountant", and Feng Chen immediately stepped forward and recommended himself to be the accountant for Lord Mengchang. The Han Dynasty developed the accounting official positions of the Zhou Dynasty and established official positions to manage these accounting affairs. Perhaps this was the earliest "accounting firm" or financial department!