中国近代商业教育之萌芽——以19世纪后期上海买办的教育背景为中心进行考察

The Emergency of Modern Commercial Education in China

中国商业的近代化,不仅需要广大商人具有远大的商业视野、先进的商业智能,更需要增强团体凝聚力的商业道德。作为中国近代化的领头羊,上海是近代买办活跃的舞台。在变革的实践中并通过变革的实践,"买办凭借自己的财富和专门知识,成为一种新式商人"。根据中外经济学界的最新认识,有理由认为买办是中国最早具有近代属性的新式商人。19世纪后期产生于上海的商务英语教育和以买办为代表的新式商人在商业革命实践中所受的社会教育,标志着中国近代商业教育的萌芽。

The modernization of Chinese commerce not only needed bussinessman with wide commercial views, advanced commercial knowledge, but also commercial morals. As the pioneer of Chinese modernization, Shanghai was the center of modern compradors. According to the latest researches into economics both at home and abroad, we have reasons to believe that compradors were the earliest businessmen who had modern attributes. English education and social commercial education that compradors accepted in the commercial revolution suggests the emergency of modern commercial education. The article takes Shanghai as an example, and according to the educational background of compradors, analyzes situations of modern commercial education in the significance, characteristics, and limitations.