明清时期“襄汾商人”探究——兼析“晋商即晋中商人”现象

Inquiry into“Xiangfen Businessmen”in the Ming and Qing Dynasties——Analysing the Phenomenon of“Shanxi Businessmen Namely Jinzhong Businessmen”

受实体资源——商家大院与当地政府重视程度的限定,在普通民众与部分学者的认知里,明清时期的晋商几乎等同于晋中商人。文章通过个案研究,以"襄汾商人"为标本,还原"晋商"的真正含义,即晋中商人仅为山西境内的区域商帮,此外还有平阳、潞、泽等地商帮。一定程度上,他们的实力和影响力并不在晋中商人之下。而现代语境下的"襄汾商人"则隶属平阳商帮名下。

Limited by the physical resources merchant compound and the attention degree of local government, Shanxi businessmen in the Ming and Qing Dynasties are almost equivalent to Jinzhong businessmen in the cognition of the general public and some scholars. Through the case, this paper takes ＂Xiangfen businessmen＂ as the specimen, restores the real connotation of ＂Shanxi businessmen＂ namely Jinzhong businessmen who were only regional business group in Shanxi province in addition to the business groups in Pingyang, Lu, Ze etc. To some extent, their strength and influence were not inferior to Jinzhong businessmen. ＂Xiangfen businessmen＂ in the modern context are attached to Pingyang business group.