Fame Scholars In Late Qing Shanghai Society,

Shanghai was the most dramatic transformation of the area in the modern society of China from the late Qing Dynasty to the early the Republic of China. Judging from the daily life, on the one hand, city businesses were booming,but Social atmosphere was luxury. On the other hand, rural economy was weak, and the underprivileged scholars were extremely poor. Thinking from the social structure and social theories, Shanghai is located in the center of East meets West, Western knowledges and "the new State politics" had been changing the traditional and the concept of Shanghai, the scholars in Shanghai were also in evolution, which showed a complex transition.The works of poems such as "The records of hometown" Compiled by Scholar Qin xi-tian in shanghai reflected a true and comprehensive heart world of the Underprivileged Scholars. Their Mentality showed Multi-Face:hardly getting rid of scholars'Mentality, the difficulty on the way of Imperial Examinations, Sticking to "social conscience", the helpless in living plight, the non-get rid of the imperial complex. The social status of Underprivileged Scholars had been determined by the general living conditions of poverty. Their social status had no longer absolute advantage as before, slided from the social center to the edge.The scholars in ChenHang town shanghai named Qin Rongguang and Qin Xitian, on the one hand, they played the role of traditional scholars, having put tremendous efforts and passion into the reconstruction of the local social order; on the other hand, they got a good social reputation by participating new social activities with a critical attitude. They were not only the traditional scholars, but also the new intellectuals. Their unique presumption of the social order had unique content in the late Qing dynasty and the early the Repulic of China.The dismantlement of the walls in shanghai reflect the multiple social role of local elites including scholars. Local elites generally refer to the people who have high prestige, influence, or dominate power in the local community. At that time, the local elites in shanghai included scholars, business leaders (business leaders who have traditional degree occupied an important place, of course, there were a few businessmen having no degree) and the new scholars (most people transformed from the traditional scholars). In the drastically changed society during the late Qing dynasty and the early the Repulic of China, they faced the changing ideas, the checks and balances of powers, thus forming new factions and conflicts. In the process of struggling for local power, they unconsciously played different roles. Thus it had completed the transfer of the power of local elites between the new and the old groups in shanghai.