Research On The Shanxi Merchants' Concepts Of Education In Ming And Qing Dynasties

Shanxi Merchants is the most illustrious region trader in the period of Ming and Qing Dynasties.In its 500 years' management history, they have created countless commercial miracles. Until today, when we review those legendary historical facts,we Can't help to exclaim very much for that Shanxi Merchants who creat the brilliance of 500 years. Shanxi Merchants became the bellwether in Chinese commercial circles since the Ming Dynasty, who can keep its leading position, besides they have the courage to win the hardships, and insistant honesty in business activitivities, I think the most important reason is those farsighted merchants clearly realized that educates it to accomplishing important function played of success of their commerce, have more wealth to need high level of education further. Under the circumstances that such a total thought influences, they form gradually and adhere to a series of extremely rich and characteristic education ideas all the time. Education function view" studied for the using of the trader ".Education value orientation that " it studies to be but excellent trader ".Talents foster the view is tool and un-tool combined. Educational content include extremely rich China's tradition and having businessman's characteristic ethics moral education concurrently and they do not forget businessman's own job at the same time, they train their descendants the ability of engaging in trade. These merchants made a reservation and appraised by the inequity of society and people,when they obtaining enormous wealth, hope through running the educational activities that the old-style private school, academy, justice study etc, to reinvent and promote its image and status among people. These extremely rich and characteristic trader's educational views of the Shanxi Merchants, although emerge from the womb of the society at that time, realize being two-way and interdynamic with the local trait of the society " value businessing " , become and impel the reason that the trader becomes feeble and dies of the Shanxi Merchants on deeper level, and then has influenced politics, cultural and economic of Shanxi long-term development deeply.