Research On Zhou Xuexi's Charity Activities

Zhou Xuexi was a famous industrialist in the late Qing Dynasty.He served twice as chief financial officer of the Beijing Government from 1912 to 1915.He was also an official and a businessman who established the industrial foundation of Beiyang for decades.He was known as the "tycoon of Beiguo Industry" and the pioneer of the largest modern national capitalist enterprise group in the North.After experiencing the ups and downs of the eunuch,Zhou Xuexi resigned his office in his later years,retired from his home and devoted himself to charity.This paper mainly explores the background of Zhou Xuexi's involvement in charity and public welfare activities,and reveals the characteristics of his charity and public welfare activities from the perspective of his main charity and public welfare activities,and carries out an objective historical review.Zhou Xuexi's involvement in charitable activities is mainly related to the background of The Times,family traditions and instructions,personal experience and other factors.In the late Qing Dynasty,natural disasters occurred frequently,political instability and harsh social environment caused people to drift from place to place.Zhou Xuexi also lived a life of constant relocation.Zhou's family style is good.His ancestors often did charity work to help the poor.His parents' words and deeds had a direct impact on his involvement in charity activities.In addition,Zhou Xuexi had encountered fraud storm in his early years,but abandoned the imperial examination to industry.The imperial examination experience made him pay special attention to the donation to education and education,and the accumulation of wealth in industry provided material security for his charitable activities.Its charitable activities cover a wide range,making important contributions to medical assistance,famine relief,education and education,projects for the benefit of the people,protection of cultural relics,and establishment of charities.He donated to hospitals and clinics to train medical talents.During the famine years,charity activities were carried out,porridge factories were handled,and victims were relieved.Actively donated funds to run schools,improve school buildings and raise teachers.The women's factory in Kwong Yan Tang was reorganized to recruit more women apprentices and encourage women to work in the industry,thus initiating a new era of women's vocational education.We paid close attention to people's well-being,donated sericulture,forestry and sericulture,and encouraged farmers to open up their land and plant cash crops.Zhou Xuexi also presided over the capital Water Supply Company,which provided convenience for the production and life of Beijing people.In addition,he also actively donated funds to protect cultural relics,set up a wide range of charitable organizations,dealing with such charitable matters as donations for the poor.Zhou Xuexi's charity activities have obvious characteristics.First,both relief and prevention should be taken into account.That is,not only the implementation of temporary relief,but also the establishment of relevant preventive measures.Temporary relief is mainly manifested as direct relief for the poor and the weak,as well as all kinds of temporary relief during the famine period.In addition,Zhou Xuexi participated in many long-term charitable activities,such as donating education,imparting technology and training various talents.He also paid attention to the infrastructure construction in his hometown,building ships and roads in transportation and repairing DAMS and Bridges in people's livelihood,all of which are conducive to long-term development.Second,both pension and education.Zhou Xuexi's charitable assistance focuses more on "teaching".He is the general office of zhili Technology Bureau,in the advice of the people in the work,gave a lot of preferential policies,to help solve the problem of the community homeless.Third,give and call.Zhou Xuexi not only donated money personally,but also actively called on others to participate in charity and help the poor.By the body model,education descendants to inherit a good family style,cultivate a lot of charitable descendants.It can be seen from the above that Zhou Xuexi has a long-term vision for a rainy day,and his charitable relief methods are more diversified.The charitable activities he participated in played a positive role in stabilizing the social order at that time and promoting the development of economy and culture.However,it is undeniable that there are also certain historical limitations.