Charitable Spirit Of The Late Qing Suzhou Businessman Research

merchants during the late Qing Dynasty were charitable, they activelyparticipated in traditional forms of charity: such as set up funeral homes, cared for children,supported education charity, helped to get rid of bad habits, rectified the city health,promoted the cause of the fire security, disaster relief to the poor, etc. In the course of theseactives, a charitable spirit of the merchant charity Suzhou during late Qing Dynasty ofcommunity awareness of social stability,the spirit of mutual help people, pioneering spiritof innovation, and moral courage to take responsibility been taken shape. They hadadvanced such as consciousness, the advanced nature of modern, and at the same time,they had also some disadvantages of conservative and lack of dependence. Incontemporary times charity in building charity cultural and commercial activitiesprosperity, The research about charitable spirit of Suzhou merchant during the late QingDynasty would help the formation of culture about pioneering and innovative charity andaltruistic values, and to provide historical resources for building a charity culture in today.A charitable spirit of the merchant charity Suzhou during late Qing Dynasty providespowered support for modern businessmen participating the charitable activities, conduciveto shaping the modern business ethics need to participate in charitable activities, and alsohelp to chang the charity power and charitable need into charity practice.