A Study Of The Merchants In Ming And Qing Dynasties In Commercial Historical Novels Since 1990s

The commercial history novels since 1990 s take the merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties as the main characters,through the way to tell history,through depicting their performance in the face of the drastic changes in history and social turmoil,created a fiercely the image of Ming and Qing merchants,showing The decline of China traditional society at the end of the commercial history of the song,sing the song of the elegy of Chinese traditional commerce,sounded a song of modern commercial civilization.In the process of reading commercial history novels since 1990 s,all kinds of merchants’ images show unique artistic charm.In literary creation,every historical stage has its representative characters.Each character in the novel contains rich historical contents.Especially in the special period of the 1990 s,the implementation of the policy of reform and opening,the market economy system have all wrought widespread awareness of commodity economy and,the degree of commercialization of society has also gradually deepened.Against this background,the image of businessman in commercial historical novels are endowed with specific time and practical significance,which lays a solid foundation for the development of this dissertation.First,the paper through the commercial historical novels since the 90 s and the general research situation of carding,to solve the problem of definition,text selection,research object,lay a foundation for the later development.Then,take the famous business group,Shanxi Merchants,Huizhou Merchants and Zhejiang Merchants as the breakthrough point,based on the study of relevant historical materials,include individual businessman image in the business groups,take geographical and kinship as the classification standards,conduct Pedigree research on it.And we know that Shanxi merchants are loyal,Huizhou merchants are flexible and changeable and Zhejiang Merchants is integrity.Next,contact business background of historical novel in the 90 s,guide by theoretical knowledge of narrative,culture and other aspects,cultural theory as the instruction,to show the merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties under the multiple perspective outer character and the inner quality.Whether the businessman’s aggressiveness and dedication from the perspective of the business,the merchant’s cowardice from the perspective of the family,the softness of charity,or the humanistic spirit and home-country sentiment of merchants from ahistorical perspective,all reflect the complexity and versatility of the merchant image of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Finally,start from the creation of novel text,guide by the related knowledge of aesthetic theory,analyze the merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties image shaping art research,emphasis on literary world and real world businessman image difference.This article attempts to reconstruct the image of big merchants in history through the study of Ming and Qing merchants’ images in business historical novels since the1990 s,and to tap the long-overlooked important qualities of them.It is certain that they are doing in economic development,social development and other aspects and the contribution to the exhibition focuses on the literary and practical significance of the image of merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties.And hope the paper can provide a reference for the businessmen in the current society.