张之洞与晚清湖北的商品赛会

The Commodity Contests Held by Zhang Zhi-dong and those Held in the Late Qing Dynasty

举办商品陈列所和各式各样的商品赛会(即早期的博览会),系张之洞在上一世纪之交督鄂期间所推行的经济措施之一,也是其湖北新政的重要组成部分。通过对张之洞与湖北早期博览事业的发端及其对后世深远影响的粗线条的勾勒,可见张之洞以其开办商品陈列所、劝业场等实际政绩,在两湖乃至中国倡导了商品赛会之风。晚清湖北一度在经济发展上领先于各省,并在当时的早期博览事业中建树良多,实与张之洞在这方面的"先见之明"和"开风气之先"不无关系。

To hold commodity exhibitions and various kinds of commodity contests （ i. e. early form of fairs） was one of the economical measures taken by Zhang Zhi-dong when governing Hubei Province at the beginning of the last century, and was also an important part of the Hubei New Policy. By the rough draft of Zhang Zhi-dong and the beginning of early fairs in Hubei and its profound influence on the later development, Zhang Zhi-dong had initiated commodity contests in Hubei and Hunan, even in the whole China by his practical achievements about commodity exhibitions and expositions. The fact that in the Late Qing Dynasty, Hubei was once the first, comparing with other provinces in economic development, and had many innovations in the early exhibition industry was attributed to Zhang Zhi-dong＇s ＂foreknowl- edge＂ and the ＂brightness＂.