摘要
商人阶层是晋中地区最具特色的社会群体。他们一方面结交高官 ,另一方面以多种方式参与社会生活 ,追求塑造本阶层的社会中坚形象。但是晋中商人不具有独立于主流道德伦理之外的意识系统 ,他们的社会角色是一个尴尬的双面角色。同时 ,晋中商人具有浓厚的士首商末意识 ,经商致富后他们的人生走向大多再次回流仕途。随着晋中社会向近代迈进 ,商人阶层呈现出旧阶层淡出、职业化凸显的特色。
The merchant stratum was the characteristic social group of central Shanxi. On one hand they associated with high-ranking officials, on the other hand they devoted themselves to local development, in order to be approved by local society. Still, they could not establish an independent position outside the mainstream moral system leaving them with an awkward dual social role. Simultaneously, central Shanxi merchants had a pronounced gentry first merchant last consciousness, after gaining wealth through commerce they headed toward the path of an official career. Thus, as the merchants advanced toward modernity, the characteristics of the old merchant class faded out as they pursued a more official role. This was the special feature of professional emergence.
出处
《清史研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2002年第2期76-86,共11页
The Qing History Journal
