近代旅沪定海商人论略

A Study on Dinghai Merchants in Shanghai in Modern Times

"定海商人"是宁波商人群体中重要的组成部分。虽然此前从未有人将宁波所属几邑的商人分门别类地考察研究,但是由于自然、人文的原因,"定海商人"确乎自成一体,别具特色。上海是宁波商帮,也是"定海商人"活动的重镇,因此本文从发展历程、经营范围、人文特性等几个方面,探讨近代旅沪定海商人与宁波商帮的各种从属关系,阐述定海商人在近代上海社会经济领域中的业绩和作用,同时指出因其"归属"问题,有被日趋"边缘化"之势,因此亟须加强对这一群体的研究。

Dinghai merchants constitute an important part of the Ningbo merchants.Although there wasn’t any research on the Ningbo merchants from the perspective of different counties under Ningbo,Dinghai merchant is unique because of historical and geographical reasons.Shanghai was a place where both Ningbo Merchants and Dinghai merchants did business.Thus,this paper discusses the various relationships between the modern Dinghai merchants and the Ningbo Merchants from the development process,scope of business,cultural characteristics and other aspects,and describes the performances and role of Dinghai merchants in the socio-economic field in modern Shanghai.At the same time,the fact that Dinghai merchants belonged to the Ningbo Merchants makes the Dinghai merchants marginalized gradually,therefore,there is an urgent need to make an in-depth research on this group.