The Research Of The Public College Teachers' Wage And Life Level In Shanghai (1930s-1950s)

The age from 1930-1950s is an unstable time in Chinese history, meanwhile suffered The Anti-Japanese war and The Liberation war, finally leaded up to the alternateness of the regime, the CCP came into Chinese mainland's power replaced the Kuomintang. This process fulled of intricate contend, every stratums' attitude to new or old regimes had changed because of various factors. As a part of clerisy, the professors and teachers in colleges usually standed a higher social class, but as same as the general masses, they welcomed the CCP ardently, which alleged delegating the proletariate's benefit. This phenomenon indicated unusual meaning.The political mentality showed by teachers of Shanghai public colleges in the dynastic changes, could seeked for reasons from many factors. But, the severe depravation of their living standard, was a key tache leaded their disappointment to Kuomintang. Research the changes of their wage and living from 1930-1940s, compare with the situation in former of 1950s,have important meanings to comprehend the change of this colony's political standpoint.Eve of the war time, there was a well economic circumstance in Shanghai, the price was steady, teachers in public colleges enjoyed thicker wage and higher social position, the professors and associate professors leaded a more abundant life, the satisfaction to living level affected the attitude they showed to the government directly. Came into the war time, the economic of Shanghai suffered severe destroy, life of every stratums endured strong impact, and teachers in college was one of the colonies which took the most fall. According to the research by Zhang Gongquan, up to 1940, 2/3 of officials, teachers and soldiers' actual earning had been licked up by inflation; up to 1943, teachers' actual wage still less than 1/5 of eve-wartime.~2But in the war time, the resistive determination counteracted the impact from living tribulation.1945, Chinese win the war, teachers in college expected peace, stabilization and improvement of living. However after a short-time peace, the eruption of civil war threw the teachers to misery again. These teachers who took up important position lately, couldn't bear the impact eventually, began to appeal to the government, asked for improve the treatment. The balance in their heart disappeared day by day, then they have to turn to the new government of CCP.May 1945, Shanghai liberated, the CCP take charged of the city. After abundant preparations, such as controlled the price and take over colleges, the CCP leaded the reform of wage system in the whole country, the wage of college teachers enhanced gradually, the welfare increased more and more, the level of life gained all-pervading improvement. Although this improvement had not got back to the level of before-wartime, but to the college teachers who came through the chaos caused by war, endured the deeply harm by inflation, these changes could be felt in normal daily, gave them huge comfort in spirit, so as to they were full of keen favor to the new government.