晋商是清代天津外地商人的主要组成部分,并有着明显的行业特征。在天津,典当、票号、银钱业多由晋商投资与经营,在盐业、茶叶和杂货业中晋商也有一定的比重,且随着天津集散能力的增强,其经营范围和规模逐渐扩展。但天津开埠通商后,在对外贸易等诸多因素的冲击下,旅津晋商显现出沉着冷静但应变力不足的特点,影响了其在天津的进一步发展。 Shanxi Merchants is a major component of foreign merchants in Tianjin in the Qing Dynasty and has obvious industry characteristics. In Tianjin, pawns, ticket numbers and money-carrying businesses are mostly invested and run by Shanxi merchants. Shanxi merchants in the salt industry, tea and groceries also have a certain share of them. With the expansion of its distribution capacity in Tianjin, its business scope and scale are gradually expanding . However, after the port of commerce was opened in Tianjin, under the impact of many factors such as foreign trade, the merchants in Lvjin showed a calm but unresponsive force, which affected their further development in Tianjin.