百年日本学界他者视野下的晋商研究

Research into Shanxi Merchants from the Perspective of the Other in Japanese Academia in the Past Century

晋商对于一定时期内的中国乃至世界政治、经济、文化、社会等方面都产生过深刻影响,并引发了国内外学者持续的关注,其中,日本学者所提供的他者视野是晋商研究的一个重要组成部分。通过对大量文献的收集与整理,认为晋商研究要走向跨学科研究,形成逻辑通路;要发掘、整理、利用新史料,丰富和发展晋商研究;要运用比较法,寻求异同,发现规律与特征。进一步提出以票号为中心形成的商贸网络、金融体系应当成为新的研究重点。通过研究晋商兴衰对近代金融体系所产生的影响,合理审视票号与近代社会转型,同时将视野由近代国内拓展到当时全球市场的变动,可以使晋商研究更加具备现实意义。

Shanxi merchants had a profound impact on politics,economy,culture and society in a certain period of time,which aroused continuous attention of scholars at home and abroad.Among them,the perspective of the Other provided by Japanese scholars is an important part of Shanxi merchants research.Through the collection and analysis of a large number of documents,this paper demonstrates that the study of Shanxi merchants should move towards interdisciplinary research and form a logical path.It is also necessary to explore,sort out and make use of new historical materials to enrich and develop the study of Shanxi merchants.Besides,the comparative method should be used to seek the similarities and differences,and discover the rules and characteristics in Shanxi merchants research.This paper proposes that Shanxi exchange shop-centered commercial network and financial system should become the new focus.By studying the influence of the rise and fall of Shanxi merchants on the modern financial system,rationally examining the Shanxi exchange shop and the transformation of modern society,and expanding the investigation based on the modern domestic background to the changes of the global market based on the world background at that time,the research on Shanxi merchants has more practical significance.