Social Events And The Construction Of The Relationship Between Chinese And Foreigners In Shanghai In The Late Qing Dynasty

The Modern Sino foreign relations spreads,not only from the national treaty system aspect,but also from all aspects of port society which embodies in the concession of social relationship between Chinese and foreign.The modern Shanghai gathers the most extensive group of foreigners,and also Chinese from all over the China.The establishment of sino-foreign relationship affected by many factors,social events caused by collision and friction in the process of constructing a relationship are important influencing factors.The coexistence of the two sides is a typical example of the construction of Sino foreign relations in modern China.Siming guild Events are caused by conflict interests in the expansion of the French concession and customs.The two sides represent the foreigners and Chinese groups in Shanghai.Although the incident has risen to the national diplomacy level,it is a social event from its attribute,the conflicts and bleeding eventually resolved by negotiation.Elites in Siming guild and Ningbo group play an important role in the incident.The result of the events is that the two sides redistrict their ownership,form a new pattern of coexistence in the running: after these two events,Siming guild maintains their fellow rights,the hall has grown up,the events promote the development of Ningbo group,which become their support,base and spiritual harbor.After the two events,the Chinese society of Shanghai also has a development and cohesion,becomes a wider range of Chinese society beyond the geographical restriction.The French concession also expands its territory and influence after the events.The events lead to the different degree of power integration and identity consciousness awakening.To a certain extent,they understand and accept mutual culture and interests.After the two events,the Sino foreign relations with mutual restraint and reconciliation has formed.In the modern history,this kind of social events should be paid more attention.In the study of social history,the social effect of events is more important than the event itself.The effects of Siming guild Events should not be ignored whether to Siming guild itself,ningbo group,Chinese society in Shanghai or to the development of international settlement of Shanghai and Shanghai sino foreign coexistence.Through the topic of two siming guild events and Shanghai sino-foreign relationship,we can explore a new research route for the combination of event history and social history.