19世纪潮州海阳县的商业及商人活动

Commerce and Merchant Activities in HaiYang County in 19th Century

19世纪海阳县商业贸易的繁荣,表现为以墟市为中心的地区贸易体系的完善,及以庵埠、汕头为中心的海关口岸对外贸易圈的扩大。在商业贸易繁荣的同时,商人阶层在地方社会的作用也日益显著,不少商人通过捐纳获得了士绅的身份。但是,此一时期商人的社会活动仍主要以绅士的名义来运作,商人与传统乡土及宗族之间仍有着密切的联系,反映出传统时期商人阶层的特性。

The prosperity of commerce of HaiYang County in 19th century found expression in the im- provement of district commerce system, as well as the expansion of foreign trade circle of Shantou and Anbu Customs port.At the same time, the role of the merchant class in the local community was increasingly signifi- cant, many merchants received Gentry＇s identity by donation. However, their social activities were mainly oper- ated in the name of gentry in this period. Merchants still had close links with the traditional vernacular clan. This reflected the characteristics of the traditional merchant class.