Study On XuRun Who Is A Comprador And Industrialist In Late Qing Dynasty

Through both longitudinal clue and crosswise one, this thesis completely discuss and study XuRun , who was the comprador and national industrialist of the late Qing dynasty. In the late Qing dynasty ,XuRun had to face the four notable social background , such as sorely lock of money and talent ,progressively lost of industry sovereignty and uncivilized social morality ,all of which had an important effect on the business development of his.Since the open of Macao ,the people from XuRun's hometown went outside to do the business one after another .In the way ,their ways of thinking and field of view had changed ,the unitary agricultural economy also had developed towards trade. With such idea , XuRun went to shanghai from xiangshan, which became a turning point of his life.XuRun's family was not only a comprador aristocratic family but also a diplomatic family and made a great contribution to the history of the mutual exchange of the economic culture between china and foreign countries. At the 1 st World Exhibition held in London, England, 1851, XuRun's uncle, XuRongcun participated in that by sending "HuSi" and won the golden prize. The result earned honor for our country and nation, XuRun(1838-1911)was a very important person in China's modern economic communication throughout the country and overseas. He was also one of the founders of China's earlier national industry and commerce. During 1852 to 1873 Xu Run, as the comprador in foreign firms , XuRun worked as a accomplice helping western countries invade China by economy. What's more important was that in the other hand, he continuously developed his business affairs, by selling tea, competing in real estate industry, running private bank and so on. He not only grasped as well the knowledge about goods and markets as the skills of operating but also steeled himself his spirit of starting undertaking and mood of loving motherland. Particularly he had accumulated a considerable number of money for developing nation economy, among them over 3410,000 is his personal capital, all of those capital and commercial relationship played a very important role in improving the Shipping Investment Inviting Bureau, devotion to mining industry. In China's westernization Movement, Xu Run played the pioneerrole in the modern mining. He established the Shipping Investment Inviting Bureau, in 1873,which is the beginning of his establishing national industry and commerce. Xu Run is one of the important founders of China Insurance, who founded the insurance and imported the western economic mode. He claimed and participated in procuring the QiChang Steam Company and twice signed <(Qi Jia Contract)) and also actively competed with westerners in shipping and mining industry, all of which got back not only the benefits but also the right and also reflected the love state of nation bosom of the pioneer and pathfinder of China modern industry and commerce. He took over JingLun clothing factory in his old age and dedicated the development of mining industry, and successively exploited TianHua silver mining in XiangShan, LinXi mine in KaiPing, PingLin mine, ReHeChengPing silver mine, Jianping and Yongping gold mine and so on. He did so much for the spinning and mining industry , his spirit is valuable. His expanding with pioneer's function with advantage promoted the modern spining and weaving and mining industry. He is an exhorse of national economy of modern age.XuRun has many different kinds of friends, Not only have somebureaucrat------LiHong Zhang, Yuan Shi Kai and so on, but alsohave some foreigners. The comfort, cooperate and harmonize of human inter course made his cause to achieve. .In contrary, It will affect his cause .However, the behind of human intercourse is the reflect of class connection. It is a course to reflect XuRun who national capitalist is under two pressure between imperialism and feudalism's social connection. Human intercourse to find exist and development.XuRun is a perfect example who from comprador to national industrialist. In his thinking and his cause is glitter the thinking and moral character of nationalist , initiationalist; But XuRun's thinking is also exist comprador, Feudalism, benifitism and the end of decadentism, It reflects its weak and comprise, This is the essential and substance of XuRun's enterprise spirit.