Research On Lingshi Merchants And Business In Ming And Qing Dynasties And The Republic Of China

The rise of Lingshi merchants and business is the result of the development of commodity economy during Ming and Qing dynasties.This essay aims to elaborate the history of the unique business development of Lingshi businessmen, adopting the method of combination of the whole and the individual, by the raise and development of the Lingshi businessmen since Ming & Qing Dynasties.In the Ming dynasty Jingsheng Wang’s family as the representative of Lingshi people take the lead on the path of business to get rich. Then Lingshi people began to join the ranks of doing business. Lingshi appeared to go out of business after the climax of the midQianlong. Lingshi business had been developing rapidly.From late Qing Dynasty and till the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Lingshi merchants who went out for business continuous developed and strengthened in pawn industry, banking industry and credit industry of countryside. And the commercial of Lingshi County had changed from country fair trade to service industry and Beijing goods industry. At the same time, the number of non-local businessmen was more numerous than local businessmen in Lingshi Country, and these outlanders turned into the main role. Some markets became the centers of country business, and Jingsheng Country and Shuangchi Country were the typical symbols, these two country highlighted the characteristics of the Lingshi businessmen and business. However, the Lingshi businessmen and business which rose from Ming Dynasty did not get further development and declined for their own limitation and the Anti-Japanese War.Lingshi businessmen also contributed to their hometown, such as relieved the people in disaster, mended roads, bridges and temples.