A Study On The Innovative Spirit Of Shanxi Merchants In Ming And Qing Dynasties From The Perspective Of Historical Materialism

From the early Ming Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty,Shanxi merchants galloped horizontally and dominated the business community for more than five centuries.In the business history of more than 500 years,Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties have created countless business legends.Their business scope "from silk and satin to onion and garlic" is all-encompassing,and their business footprint not only covers the north and south of the river,but also extends to overseas.Shanxi merchants have carried out international trade with Russia,Japan,South Korea and other countries,and established a branch overseas,becoming a regional business group with international operations.The success of Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties was inseparable from policy opportunities,geographical advantages,and hard work.At the same time,the spirit of innovation played a pivotal role in the rise of Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties.In the Ming and Qing Dynasties,Shanxi merchants used the courage and courage to pioneer,open and forward-looking business awareness,innovative spirit and open and inclusive business structure.It brought new opportunities,new developments and new advantages to the development of Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,enabling the Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties to remain invincible in the fierce competition.Historical materialism is one of Marx’s two great discoveries.It clarified the relationship between social existence and social consciousness for the first time with practical viewpoints,and provided a scientific theoretical basis and methodological basis for people to understand and transform the world.As the head of the top ten merchant gangs in the Ming and Qing dynasties,Shanxi merchants were once the best in the financial world.They pioneered the futures trade,pioneered the bill number to promote the development of the financial industry,and creatively proposed a complete set of business models such as the separation of two powers and the share-based payment system,which impressed people today.However,as a product of the small peasant economy,the Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties inevitably had many limitations.For example,in the later stages of development,the Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties were complacent,complacent,and missed the opportunity to reorganize the ticket number;Production technology and other aspects failed to keep pace with the times;restricted by the official standard of thought,frequent contacts with officials of the Qing court,and gradually deviated from the law of market economic development;restrained by feudal thinking,in the later period of the development of Shanxi merchants,there was no timely progress.Capital investment and technology update,but the purchase of farmland and hoarding of money.Due to the loss of innovative spirit in the later stages of development,Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties gradually declined.Nevertheless,as the head of the top ten merchant gangs in the Ming and Qing dynasties,Shanxi merchants still left us precious spiritual wealth.The creative spirit of Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties was combed and condensed,with a view to taking its essence and discarding its dross,and to carry out innovative development and creative transformation on the basis of criticism.As an excellent traditional Chinese culture,Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties contained a wealth of innovative spirit.Once played an important role in the business practice of Shanxi merchants.Although the development of Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties had certain historical limitations,the innovative spirit of the Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties still faced the problems of prominent resource-based structure and insufficient innovation in the process of high-quality transformation and development in Shanxi.Important reference significance.Under the background of the new era,in-depth exploration of the innovative spirit of Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties has a positive role in promoting the high-quality transformation and development of Shanxi.It is conducive to enterprises to enhance their independent innovation ability and improve market competitiveness under the premise of giving full play to their subjective initiative;it is conducive to broadening practical channels and promoting Shanxi to rely on technological innovation to achieve power conversion and achieve better and faster development;conducive to building an innovative type The talent team provides talent support for the high-quality development of Shanxi Province.