晚清重商思想与西欧重商主义之比较

晚清重商思想虽源于西方,但它和西欧重商主义在内涵上存在很大的差异。西欧重商主义是顺着西欧经济发展的自然轨道而出现的,而晚清重商思想则是在中国民族危机和社会危机日益严重的情况下形成的。因此,晚清重商思想带有明显的反对西方军事、经济侵略的特征,要求政府支持、干预,发展近代工商业。

A Comparison between the Mercantile Thinking of the Qing Dynasty and the Mercantilism of the West European Countries

Though the mercantile thinking of the late Qing Dynasty originates from the west, actually it is quite dis-tinct from that. The mercantile system of the western countries arises with its economic development. Yet the mer-cantile thinking of the Qing Dynasty emerges under the severe national and social crises. Therefore it has the charac-teristics of resisting the west military and economic invasion, appealing to the government to support the modern in-dustry and commerce