Jin Shang, why should you sing Gao Gao West Exit?

Shanxi merchants, also known as the Jin merchants, are the top ten businessmen in the Ming and Qing dynasties. They have been fulfilled at home and abroad.

The Central Plains War occurred in 1930, Yan Xishan was defeated, and the Jin banknotes depreciated sharply. Twenty -five Jin banknotes against a new coin. In this case, the Dade Ticket number of Shanxi can take advantage of the opportunity to pay a fortune and exchange the money to the deposit. However, they did not do this, but took out their provident funds over the years, folded to the depositors according to the new currency value, and exchanged for the households. Daedong almost invested all the accumulation into the biggest losing money in this history, which eventually caused the loss of 300,000 silver.

There are still many similar cases of integrity in Jin merchants in the "Business Review" in China. In fact, even if it has reached the point of closing and liquidation, most Jin merchants still choose to adhere to integrity without choosing to lose their faith. Qiao Yingxia, a Daide Tongyong family, said that even if Dade Tong closed, the Qiao family would not let themselves fall into the point where they had no food and clothing, but for "storeders", if our Qiao family did not do so, their net worthy lives lived their lives. It was threatened. Compared with the two, the two were light and light, and they were self -explanatory.

The birthplace of the Jin Shang is in the area of ​​Taiyuan, Jinzhong, and Linfen, where it is "barren and wide -ranging and difficult to maintain livelihood". Most of the initial Jinshang chose to go out to do business because of getting rid of poverty. From the sad Shanxi Xiaoqu "West Exit", you can experience the difficulties of Shanxi businessmen who go out. They are unfamiliar with their lives in foreign countries. If they want to survive, they must have two conditions: one is to get along well with the locals; the other is to support each other between the fellow villagers. The so -called "relying on parents at home and friends who go out." To do these two points, you need to be honest.

Most of these Shanxi merchants come from poor rural areas, and may not have a high level of cultural level. But in the past rural areas, whether scholars or people who have never attended school, they accepted Confucian education. This kind of education may be the government's popular education (such as the township schools and social studies set by the Ming Dynasty), may be the "Land Temple, Confucius Temple, and Guandi Temple), or it may be a folk in the village. Stories (such as novels, words), and parents' preaching. Through various channels, people have been dyed by Confucian culture, and they have developed a simple and heavy personality. For them, tricks and scams are a kind of shame, which is a shame to the ancestors.

Of course, there is no exclusion of the treacherous people who go out to make a living in the middle, but in a society with very little population flow, such dishonest people are difficult to survive and will soon be eliminated. The external environment requires them to treat others with integrity, and they also believe in Confucianism and adhere to integrity. In this way, the two corresponding peaceful spirit of integrity will be developed.

Wang Wenxian, a well -known businessman in Shanxi in the Ming Dynasty, said: "Husbands, businessmen, and scholars, are different, so good businessmen, and the market for wealth and goods, but the heart of Gao Ming is not stain. , The travelers of the interest are all named and successful. Wang Wenxian believes that businessmen and scholars are equal. Although their occupations are different, Gao Jiexing is the same. Those who are good at business can cultivate their clever minds in the malls of materialism, engage in profit -making activities without being stained; Gao Jie's reputation. Focus on each of the industry, which is God's arrangement. This can be prosperous, peace and mind, and rich family.

Jin merchants are not choosing integrity for the motivation for the maximum benefits, but their integrity in turn leads to maximizing interests. This is the manifestation of "Heaven". It is precisely because Jin Shang believes that "integrity" is the foundation of business, so when they choose the shopkeeper and guy, they will also put their character first; after that, in daily management, they will continue to conduct Confucian education on the buds. In addition, there are strict number regulations and punishment systems. Only then did they eventually create a commercial legend of the Jin merchants for five hundred years.

Source: Business Review

Original title: Jin Shang, take the west mouth with integrity

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