近些年来,文化史一直是最热门的研究领域之一。但是,对近代中国商人文化的探讨,迄今为止却仍然是一个空白。这种状况与商人在近代中国尤其是晚清时期的重要社会影响,是极不相称的。史学界已有学者依据档案文献与各种史料,说明晚清的商人已逐渐摆脱长期以来四民之末的卑微地位,通过各种方式控制和掌握了相当一部分市政建设权、民政管理权、公益事业管理权、社会治安管理权以及工商、文教、卫生等多方面的管理权,其势力和影响层层渗透扩展到社会生活的各个领域,成为城市社会生活中最有 In recent years, cultural history has been one of the hottest areas of research. However, the discussion of the modern Chinese business culture has so far remained a blank. This situation is extremely disproportionate to the important social influence of merchants in modern China, especially in the late Qing period. According to the archives and various historical materials, scholars in history have already explained that in the late Qing Dynasty merchants have gradually got rid of the humble status they have been in since the end of the term. They have controlled and mastered a considerable part of the power of municipal construction, civil administration, public welfare Career management, public order management, as well as business, culture and education, health and other aspects of management, the influence and influence of layers of infiltration into all areas of social life, become the most social life in the city