Reference Book: Huizhou Merchants in Ming and Qing Dynasties and Huizhou Education
In the Song Dynasty, with the shift of the economic center of gravity to the south, Huizhou began to attach importance to education, and official schools were generally established in various counties, and private academies were also established one after another, so there were many literati in literature. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the development of commodity economy, Huizhou commercial gangs occupied an important position in all parts of the country, and the town could not be built without emblems. At the same time, Huizhou's cultural education has also made further development. The phenomenon of Huizhou people "abandoning Confucianism for goodness", "businessmen" and "relying on the power of mass education to revitalize humanities" appeared.
From the national point of view, this phenomenon is very unique and should be studied well. However, it is very regrettable that people have long turned a blind eye to this historical fact. The influence of regional development and economy on education can not be ignored. The emergence of new economic ideas and the formation of new economic structure will change the external development environment and internal organizational content of education to varying degrees. Huizhou merchants existed in the modern history of China for more than 300 years, which undoubtedly had a great impact on Huizhou's economic and social structure, directly impacted Huizhou's traditional education and had a great impact on the development and changes of Huizhou's education. These all need to be carefully studied.
It makes sense to do things that no one has done before. Comrade Li has a keen eye and sees the significance of "giving priority to education". Choosing Huizhou as a typical area, starting with education, which is an important factor affecting the social, economic and cultural development in this area, closely linking the relationship between Huizhou merchants and educational development, overcoming the limitations of previous studies on politics and figures, and stepping into comprehensive research from the aspects of culture, chemistry and economy is indeed a brand-new perspective, which is expected to obtain the law of educational development.
The economy and culture of each community have their own traditions and characteristics, so their relationship with the development of education may be different. The value of regional education research lies in revealing the extent to which various regional conditions play a role in different situations, thus providing a basic historical background for making more scientific regional education development plans in the future. The study of regional education history is a new development in the field of education history in China. Comrade Li's book Huizhou Merchants and Huizhou Education in Ming and Qing Dynasties was published for the first time, which is of great significance. He chose Huizhou merchants as specific cases, and through the study of schools, alienation, social education network and special cases in Huizhou, discussed the influence of the economic activities of merchants, a special social group in ancient China, on the education based on the traditional agricultural economy, thus reflecting the influence of the development of regional commercial economy on regional education.