The Ethics Thought Research On Jin Merchants’ Guild Hall

During the Ming and Qing dynasties,Jin merchants broke through the narrow regional restriction,developed the national commodity market,and its regionalization and grouplization strengthened gradually.They established the Jin merchants’ guild halls all over the country to ease their homesickness and adapt to the growing development of Jin merchants far away from home.Jin merchants’ guild hall is carrying the business culture of Jin merchants group,it contains the ethical thought that condensed the essence of Chinese traditional ethics,which provides value principle and value norms for Jin merchants’ business activities and enriches the traditional ethics in our country.This article is divided into three parts.The first part describes the overview of Jin merchants’ guild hall.As a kind of social organization for countrymen,the birth of Jin merchants’ guild hall was closely relative to the growing development of Jin merchants’economy strength,maintenance their own interests,the influence of countrymen concept,the worship for Guan Yu,approved by the society and so on.Since the Jin merchants’ guild hall appeared,it played roles in connecting the relationship of countrymen,making rules,protecting the Jin merchants’interests,worship,vending in the hall.From the middle and later period of the Ming dynasty to the period of the Republic of China,it has experienced the birth,prosperity,decline,it is a important folk autonomous organization in ancient China.The second part mainly expounds the concrete embodiment of ethics thought in Jin merchants’ guild hall.As the Confucian businessman in modern times,Jin merchants was influenced by traditional Confucian thought,and reflected the believing in the honesty and righteousness,pursuing harmony with moderation,being always glad to help people in need,making concerted efforts in the daily activities,giving a rich and profound ethical thoughts,which is the wealth of Chinese traditional ethics.The third part depicts the enlightenment to the modern chamber of commerce from the ethics thought in Jin merchants’ guild hall.The ethics thought in the hall is the crystallization of the wisdom of Jin merchants’,it is also the reason why Jin merchants are praised now.Modern chamber of commerce should absorb the essence and services for modern business exchanges,get rid of the dregs at the same time,to modify the backward ideas,in order to promote the cultural connotation and the business group’social function could play a role in today’s commerce competition.When it comes to the ethics thought research on Jin merchants’ guild hall,it should be based on read and combed the related literature carefully,linking history to logic,unifying analysis and induction,trying to make effort to the revival of traditional culture and provide historical reference for the transformation and development of modern chamber of commerce.However,the ethics thought research on Jin merchants’ guild hall covers on many subjects,involving ethics,history,law,economic and so on,how to use multidisciplinary theory,method and result as a whole to deepen the ethics thoughts in Jin merchants’ guild hall and forming an effective theory achievement will has a long way.