新旧之争:民国初期限制久大精盐公司设店案研究

The Debate Between Old and New:A Study on the Restriction of Jiuda Refined Salt Company from Setting up Stores in the Early Republic of China

民国肇兴,盐质改良提上了日程,近代意义技术化的精盐公司应运而生。天津久大精盐公司作为近代中国最大的精盐公司,自建立时起,携精盐之利发展迅速。在发展过程中,时常出现争持与杯葛,民国初年发生于南京的限制久大精盐公司设店案就是其冲突的一个代表。该案表面上是双方围绕在南京设店的争论,但其实质是新旧盐商争夺销售市场的冲突,也反映了近代中国洋务与民族主义的复杂关系。

With the rise of the Republic of China,the improvement of salt quality was put on the agenda,and the modern significance of technological refined salt companies emerged.Tianjin Jiuda Refined Salt Company,as the first and largest refined salt company in modern China,has developed rapidly with the benefits of refined salt since its establishment.In the process of development,disputes and boycotts frequently arose,and the case of restricting the establishment of Jiuda Refined Salt Company in Nanjing in the early years of the Republic of China was a representative of its conflict.The case,ostensibly a dispute over setting up shop in Nanjing,was in essence a clash between old and new salt merchants competing for sales markets and reflected the complex relationship between Westernization and nationalism in modern China.