个人择业与社会责任:武进吴氏昆季生平事迹考述

Individual Career Choice and Social Responsibility:on the Wu Brothers' Life Stories

清末民初社会处于大转折时期,"向何处去"成为摆在世人面前的难题。武进吴镜渊昆季得益家学,以个人择业符合时代和社会需要的原则,实现自我的社会价值。由仕入商的吴镜渊扭转中华书局和大成纺织染有限公司的危局,积极谋划地方慈善公益事业。"推行八小时工作制"的吴镜仪关心劳工疾苦,为劳工谋福利。"学而优则仕"的吴镜予热心慈善公益事业,捐资输款,救助贫儿。吴镜渊昆季笃奉慈训,在自我发展中践行社会责任,体现儒家文化和家风文化的育人精髓,或对传承与发扬传统文化育人作用具有重要启示。

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic,the society was in a period of great change.“Where to go”became a difficult problem for the world.Wu Jingyuan and his brothers in Wujin district realized their social values by the principle of individual career choice in accordance with the needs of the era and society.Wu Jingyuan entered the business trade from politics,reversed the dangerous situations of Chinese Publishing House and Dacheng Textile Limited Company and actively promoted the local charity and public welfare undertakings.Wu Jingyi cared for the working class and their welfare,promoting eight-hour day working system.Wu Jingyu,“a good scholar following an official career”,advocated charity and welfare undertakings and donated money to help the poor and young.Wu Jingyuan and his brothers obeyed their parents teachings,took social responsibilities in the process of self-development,which embodies the spirit of Confucianism and family tradition and might provide important enlightenment.