Research On The Family Ethics Of Shanxi Merchants In The Ming And Qing Dynasties

The Jin merchants mainly refers to Shanxi businessmen who active in the Ming and qing dynasties.Among the top ten business cadres divided by regions,the Jin merchants,which started at the earliest and traveled all over China,and had the strongest domestic power,topped the List.The family ethics of Shanxi merchants are unique.The traditional sense of responsibility and the denial of commercial rights make them different from the family ethics of the gentry and other business ethics.The unique family ethics not only provide talent and spiritual security for the prosperity and development of Shanxi merchants,but also provide unique nutrients for Chinese family ethics.Under the economic incentive of the development of commodity economy and the burgeoning capitalism,In the social atmosphere of the collision and integration of multiple cultures and the rising status of merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,the Jin merchant family is based on the traditional Confucian family responsibility ethics,and has developed some unique elements of the merchant family.In the relationship between father and son,the Shanxi merchants built the courtyard to settle down their parents with filial piety,respect the Confucianism and use pragmatism to educate their children,and adhere to the Confucian tradition of taking the father as the outline,but also flashed out the feminine spirit of going out of the court to pursue the true self.In the relationship between the brothers,The Shanxi merchants persist the idea that people with strong business ability are in charge of the family.They promote friendship and mutual help between brothers.But in a materially rich environment,they also consume strength for the sake of property fighting each other.In the marriage relationship,Under the premise that the wives need to obey their husbands,there are some new things that the Shanxi merchants flexible choose their spouse with pragmatic ideas and women's self-awareness has a weak awakening.The principle of faithfulness between the owner and servant of the Shanxi merchants help them created a solid business environment in which directors and servants trust each other.And it is the beginning of the professional manager.The Shanxi business group is a well-known business organization in the world.The family ethics of Shanxi merchants have a positive impact on their commercial development,mainly in terms of saving management costs,accumulating moral capital and enhancing business strength.However,the family ethics of Shanxi merchants,as part of Chinese traditional culture,inevitably have some limitations of the times,mainly in the emphasis on the level of inequality,the storage of wealth is not used for investment and contempt for the rule of law.These problems accelerated its decline.Now we can transform and utilize the family ethics of Shanxi businessmen and let it play a reference in inheriting good family customs,shaping entrepreneurship and prospering family businesses.