论明清商人重教兴学及其特点

Study of merchants' emphasis on education and their endeavours to develop education in the Qing and Ming dynasties

明清时期 ,商人重教兴学是较普遍的现象。立家塾、置族学、兴义学、捐助地方官学与书院等 ,是明清商人重教兴学的主要方式。明清商人重教兴学的特点主要有 :重教对象的宗族性、方式的多样性、地域的广阔性和教育内容的丰富性。

It was rather common for the merchants to pay great attention to education in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The merchants attached importance to education in many ways. They established private schools for the patriarchal clan, foundedfree schools for the community and gave donations to official educational institutions and academies of classical learning. The merchants took the patriarchal clan education seriously. In addition, it had other characteristics─the variety of the ways, the expanse of the region and the abundance of educational content.