亦“民”亦“商”:淞沪抗战时期天津商人的双重面相

The Double Capacities of Tianjin Businessmen in the Period of Shong-hu Anti-Japanese War:Civilian and Businessman

一二八事变爆发之初,平津民众并未有激进之举,随着上海局势的演变恶化,天津商界尤其是各商人组织开始公开谴责日本的侵略,肯定与声援上海的抗日军民。天津救国基金委员会,隐含着市商会对支援沪战与救济津市的双重考量。经上海商界的呼吁与天津市党部的督责,天津市商会开始考虑继续抵制日货的问题,但日货封存问题基本上停留在言而未行的层面。民众民族主义情感之强弱与距“事件”之远近存在反函数关系,这正是现代意义上的民族国家尚在建构之中的最佳诠释。

Right after the breakout of the ＂12.8＂, a famous historical event, the people in Peking and Tianjin didn＇t take any radical action. But with the deteriorating social circumstance in Shanghai, businessmen in Tianjing began to united and openly condenmed the Japanese invasion, offering their supports for the Shanghai armies and civilians. Tianjing Saving National Fondation shouldered two tasks assigned by the Tianjing Trade Association： backing up shanghai and saving Tianjing. Under the appealing of shanghai business circle and the request of Tianjing government, Tianjing trade Association began to consider the issue of rejecting the Japanese commodities. But further action remained to be taken. Tianjing businessmen were faced with the conflict between private interest, and national duties, and failed to make the right choice. This is the best account for the fact that an ethnic nation in modem sense was on its way to be constructed.