A Study On Officials And Gentry’s Investigation Of Japanese Agriculture,Industry And Business In The Late Qing Dynasty

China continued to learn from the West in order to become stronger since modern times.However,Chinese people began to pay attention to the rise of the Japan after the Sino-Japanese War.The great achievements of Meiji Restoration in 30 years made Chinese people start to study it.The voice of learning from Japan was rising.A large amount of officials and gentry went to Japan investigate this country in this period.They wrote numerous diaries of east tour.Much of them were related to the investigation of agriculture,industry and business.These people attempted to search the method of industrial salvation in Japan.These books of agriculture,industry and business detailed record of the officials and gentry who went to Japan had seen and thought in there.It not only has great academic value of study on the process of modernization in China.But also has certain significance to our current socialist modernization.Its historical value should not be ignored.This article consists of five chapters without the introduction.The first chapter mainly elaborates the investigation of the officials and gentry in Japan in the Late Qing Dynasty and the generation of the investigative books of agriculture,Industry and business.The second chapter mainly elaborates the agriculture in the investigative books of agriculture,industry and business written by the officials and gentry who went to Japan.It introduce the class of agriculture in the investigative books and expound cognition on Japanese agriculture by officials and gentry who went to Japan. The third chapter mainly elaborates the industry in the investigative books of agriculture,industry and business written by the officials and gentry who went to Japan.It introduce the class of industry in the investigative books and expound cognition on Japanese industry by officials and gentry who went to Japan.The fourth chapter mainly elaborates the business in the investigative books of agriculture,industry and business written by the officials and gentry who went to Japan.It introduce the class of business and business intelligence in the investigative books and expound cognition on Japanese business by officials and gentry who went to Japan.The last chapter mainly elaborates the historical influence of the officials and gentry who went to Japan in the investigation of agriculture,industry and business.Totally,this article not only expound the historical background,generation procedure and main content of investigative books of agriculture,industry and business in the late Qing Dynasty,but also expound the main cognitive of modern Japanese agriculture,industry and business.This article think these books have important intellectual merit and historical significance.These books are important historical data of record and know about Chinese modernization.