In history, Chen merchants, that is, Chenzhou merchants, came from the old Chenzhou government or merchant groups, not just Chen county merchants. Chen merchants are also called "Guiyang merchants" and "Zixing merchants" are commonly known as "Zixing Gang". Shang Chen was born in Shang Dynasty, grew up in Tang and Song Dynasties, and flourished in Ming Dynasty, including Chenzhou, Zixing, Chenxian and Leiyang in Yongxing County. In the late Qing Dynasty, with the disintegration of feudal economy, the influence of Chen merchants weakened, and gradually died out in the late Republic of China due to war. In recent years, with the development of reform and opening-up, the time-honored Shang Chen has been revived again.

Shang Chen's hometown is the most famous, and it has a monopoly. Clans are often gathered together to expand their operations, build ancestral temples, set up guilds, build academies of science, train scholars, and become businessmen and Confucianism.

"Guoyu" Chu Ce: records the merchant ships of Chu in Shang Dynasty (Chen) and Wuyi (Bi). Chen and Bi are in Zixing and Chen counties in Chenzhou today.

According to county records, people in Jinning, Chenzhou like to "leave" and often go out to do business. During the Qi and Liang Dynasties, Jinning people wandered around the rivers and lakes and became Jia dealers. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, in addition to bamboo, wood, porcelain clay and other local products, Chenzhou promoted the development of Chen merchants.

"E Festival" records that during the Warring States period, Chu merchant ships traveled between Chen and Chen.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, it was said, "Sima Zhaoyang was born in Xiangling, Xia Yue and Yihai, and was defeated by the Jin family, and the king lived in the palace. Yin Xixi, a great craftsman, cast gold festival. Take a trip by three boats, take a trip by fifty boats, and return at the age of fifty. From Hubei to Hubei, only Han, Geng Yong, Geng Yong, Guo Han, Geng Yong, Guo Xia, Guo Jiang, Geng Yong (Peng), Geng and so on crossed the lake. See its golden festival without sign, don't give up feeding; I signed it without seeing its golden festival. If you go out of Neiguan with horses, cows and errands, you have to collect them from the mansion, not the customs.

Note: Bibi is located in the lower reaches of Dongjiang River Basin in Chenzhou and in Yongxing County.

The production condition of ancient Chenzhou is "the south of Chu, the head of Guangdong and the tail of Wu", which belongs to the marginal zone, with high mountains and dense forests, changeable terrain and little influence by social war. People lived in the Neolithic Age, and the Shang Dynasty traded with the Central Plains in Xuyi and Lin Yi. The population of Han dynasty was small. However, three waves of immigrants in history, namely, the three waves of immigrants in the late Jin Dynasty, the late Song Dynasty, the late Tang Dynasty and China, brought a large population to Chenzhou in the south of Chu. What shall we do? Going out to do business is a way out.

Abundant resources promote business development. Businessman Chen's earliest business was grain from mountain products and other places. If abundant wood resources are used for construction, ink making, painting, tung oil and paper making, these are all bulk commodities for external transportation. Going out to do business mainly deals in salt, cotton (cloth) and grain.

Chen Wenhua shaped the character of Chen merchants and guided their management with Confucian culture.

The Ming and Qing Dynasties were a period when China's commodity economy was relatively developed, and capitalism sprouted in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was the heyday of Chen merchants.

The characteristic of Chen Shang is 1, which is spread all over the country. Just like Shanxi merchants, there are footprints of Chen Shang everywhere.

2. The business scope is wide, including salt, cotton (cloth), grain, pawn, wood and wine.

3, thrift, small business, from small to large.

4. Pay attention to etiquette and honesty, and be familiar with Hunan Neo-Confucianism culture.

5. the way to operate. Adhering to the business philosophy of "morality, honesty", "honesty-oriented, righteousness-oriented", we have gained a good reputation in the market.

6. Return to your hometown after making profits, and set up social welfare undertakings and charities. Chenzhou nursery school, ancestral temple, science college and so on.

The main business mode is coal, silver, salt, pawn and tea wood, followed by rice, grain, cotton cloth, silk, paper, ink and porcelain. There are many coal merchants in Zixing County, many silver merchants in Yongxing and many tea and wood merchants in eastern Guangxi.

In addition to engaging in various commercial and trafficking industries, Chen businessmen also directly run industries. Coal mines and iron mines in Chenzhou and many places in northern Guangdong are owned by Chenzhou people.

Chen merchants pay attention to business ethics, and advocate treating people with sincerity, accepting things with trust, and giving consideration to justice and benefit. Known for hard work, I worked outside, returned after three years, got married and left, and got used to it.

Confucian temperament The reason why businessmen are "good at Confucianism" and "reasonable in business" is because of the development of business itself. In the fiercely competitive market, the movements of commodities and currencies are intertwined, and the relationship between supply and demand of commodities changes endlessly. As a commodity operator, you need to have relevant business knowledge and social knowledge in order to correctly analyze and grasp the market situation, make decisive decisions and make huge profits. At the same time, with the continuous expansion of commercial scale, the relationship between the same industry and between industries is becoming increasingly close, which requires businessmen to have certain organizational and management capabilities in order to show their talents in the commercial world. In this way, Jia forged an indissoluble bond with Confucianism. Second, it is because businessmen pursue the self-improvement of human nature. Chenzhou is called "the country of comity". Especially after the rise of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, the atmosphere of worshipping Confucianism and attaching importance to learning became more and more fierce. This social environment led to the subtle influence of Chen businessmen. In addition, many people in Chen Shang received a relatively good Confucian education since childhood, and Confucius and Mencius' ideological preaching and ethics naturally became their firm guide from the business family.

Enterprising spirit and bad living environment forced Chen businessmen to go out of their homes. They usually start with small money and make a living in business. The sea of commerce is rough and dangerous, and it will run aground or even sink if you are not careful. However, the value of Chen Shang is that they did not collapse and disappeared from the scene after suffering setbacks. On the contrary, they did not hesitate and persevered until they succeeded. Many big businessmen in Chenzhou have experienced numerous failures and finally succeeded in getting rich.

The competitive spirit market is unpredictable. Chen businessmen who are active in the market must always carefully predict the market, observe the market trend, analyze the market situation, assess the situation, subdivide the target market according to the surplus and shortage of market commodities and the supply and demand situation, select the commodities to be sold, and flexibly grasp the operation time and place with the changes of supply and demand. The six industries they are engaged in: mining, salt, grain, wood, tea and pawn, are all operated randomly according to the changes of market conditions. It is precisely because they can observe the market at any time and assess the situation according to market changes, so when facing the competition in the same industry, they can always walk in front of the same industry and win by surprise.

Most diligent businessmen started from small capital, overcame all kinds of unfavorable factors without fear of difficulties, and finally established their own inheritance after some efforts and became wealthy businessmen. Most of them especially cherish hard-won wealth. Therefore, although they become rich, their daily life still maintains the style of hard work and plain living at home. Not only that, they also educate their children and grandchildren with the spirit of hard work and simplicity.

Dedication of righteousness and benefit

This is manifested in the fact that a large number of Chen businessmen made contributions to the society with various "righteous acts" after they became rich. Because Chen businessmen are "good at Confucianism", most people pay more attention to humanistic spirit and rational pursuit in their business activities. Although they are rich, they still keep their promises and are thrifty. However, once they face difficulties such as domestic refugees or droughts and floods, they will give generously and dedicate their wealth to society.

The cultural spirit of "being good at Confucianism" is the remarkable feature of Chen businessmen. Businessman Chen loves reading very much. Some do business during the day and study at night. I can't forget reading all the time on the road. The love of reading has brought three influences to Chen businessmen: First, it has improved their cultural quality and taste. In this way, the higher cultural quality has also brought a lot of convenience to the business operation of Chen businessmen; Second, because of reading, Chen businessmen are good at drawing rich business experience and wisdom from history and promoting their own business development; Third, they have strengthened their rational understanding of doing business, that is, they can do business with the so-called "Confucianism and Taoism", thus forming good business ethics.

Team Spirit Shang Chen is a business group formed by blood and geography. The establishment of Chenzhou guild halls and trade offices in various places has highlighted this spirit, thus greatly strengthening the internal cohesion of Chenzhou business gangs and improving market competitiveness.

"Beauty is not beautiful, hometown water; Whether they are close or not, they are all old people. " Chen businessmen who share the same blood or geographical relationship have a strong sense of blood and geographical identity. Chen businessmen often get carried away with excitement when they meet their relatives or fellow villagers unexpectedly in a foreign land. This innate concept of "nostalgia" and "clan consciousness" formed the tradition of Chen merchants helping the public and helping each other.

Chen merchants' rural clan concept contains conventional moral concepts and mandatory clan rules, which makes Chen merchants have a strong sense of hardship and sharing. This kind of consciousness objectively becomes the power source of information transmission between Chen and Shang.

If a thousand people unite, there will be a thousand people's strength; If ten thousand people are disloyal, no one will use them.

Mutual support naturally forms a team spirit and creates a collective advantage in the competition of shopping malls.

Huguang Guildhall Sichuan Yibin Huguang Guildhall was built by Hunan Chenzhou Guildhall during the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, so it is also called "Chenzhou Office", located in Huazang Temple Street, where the Chen Chamber of Commerce in Qing Dynasty was located.

Guild halls, as the name implies, are places where people get together to live. The original guild hall was mainly set up to gather Hakka people from all over the world. The earliest guild halls in China can be traced back to Yongle period of Ming Dynasty. Chui Fu Guild Hall Group was founded in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. According to reliable data, most provinces and cities in China have nearly 20 guilds in Yibin. From Qianlong to Guangxu, it has been continuously expanded, built and rebuilt for nearly 300 years. It is an important historical witness of Yibin as a prosperous commercial port in the Qing Dynasty, and also an important symbol of Yibin's immigrant culture, commercial culture and architectural culture from the early Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China.

Guangdong Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce 20 12 12 The Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Hunan, Guangdong Province was established on February 20th. Chairman: Deng Guanhua.

20 12 12 12, chamber of commerce in Chenzhou, Guangdong province.

The academic lecture by Professor Zhou, a law professor at Wuhan University, kicked off the celebration meeting. Nearly 600 people, including leaders from Hunan and Guangdong provinces, entrepreneurs from Guangdong and Chenzhou, and news media, attended the inauguration ceremony of the Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong Province, which was granted a credit of 20 billion yuan by the bank.

2010 April 18 Dongguan Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce was established. Chairman: Cao.

Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Dongguan, Hunan Province is a non-profit social organization composed of entrepreneurs from Chenzhou, Dongguan and elites from all walks of life in Dongguan. Guided by Scientific Outlook on Development, she aims at strengthening ties, complementing each other's advantages, sharing resources, prospering the economy of Dongguan and Chenzhou, and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of members. Her main task is to expand the vertical and horizontal economic ties between the two places, promote the all-round economic and social development of the two places, and serve the society and members.

20 12 9 15, Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Zhuhai was established. Chairman: Luo.

The establishment ceremony of Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Zhuhai was held in Zhuhai Resort. More than 400 members and guests attended the ceremony. Zhong Benqiang, director of Chenzhou Municipal People's Congress, Huo Rongyin, deputy director of Zhuhai Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee, Li Ting, deputy mayor of Chenzhou, and Yan Jinhua, executive vice chairman of Zhuhai Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference, attended the meeting. Representatives from more than 20 chambers of commerce, including Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong Province, Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Macao and Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong Province, from the Pearl River Delta, attended the meeting to express their congratulations.

Since the establishment of the special economic zone in Zhuhai, people from Chenzhou, Hunan Province with geographical advantages have come to Zhuhai to start businesses. According to rough statistics, there are now more than 50,000 Chenzhou people in Zhuhai and Macao. Chenzhou, Zhuhai has more than 170 members. Member enterprises involved in non-ferrous metal smelting, electrical appliance manufacturing, fine chemicals, international trade, real estate, jewelry processing, food ingredients, energy technology, communication equipment and many other industries have formed a certain influence in the industrial and commercial circles in Zhuhai and Macao.

Shanghai 2012121210 Shanghai Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce was established. Chairman: Peng Jinbao.

The Shanghai-Hunan-Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce is a local, economical and non-profit social organization established in Shanghai (or other places) with the approval of the Shanghai-Hunan Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the Chamber of Commerce is to support China's leadership, abide by national laws, regulations and policies, abide by social ethics, strengthen exchanges and cooperation among entrepreneurs, strengthen economic cooperation between enterprises and Shanghai, neighboring cities and international organizations, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of members, and promote the economic construction and development of Hunan, Shanghai, especially Chenzhou.

Beijing 2013 August 3 1 Beijing (Chenzhou) Enterprise Chamber of Commerce was established. Chairman: Zhou Shizhong

On August 3rd, 2065438, with the strong support of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the inaugural meeting of Beijing Chenzhou Enterprise Chamber of Commerce was held grandly in the Olympic Exhibition International Club of Beijing Olympic Sports Center. Nearly 200 people attended the inaugural meeting, including entrepreneurs from Chenzhou, Beijing, industry elites, relevant leaders from Chenzhou and counties and districts, as well as brother chambers of commerce and news media from all over the country. The meeting elected the president, executive vice president, vice president, secretary general, supervisor, executive supervisor and supervisor, and Zhou Shizhong was elected as the president. At the meeting, the Chamber of Commerce signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Beijing Management Department of Bank of Beijing.

Hunan 2065438+00 April 30th Zhuzhou Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Zhuzhou Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce was formally established with the support of Zhuzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal People. Zhang, deputy mayor of Zhuzhou Municipal People's Government: Today, we are gathered together to celebrate the establishment of Zhuzhou Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce. This is not only a happy event for the business community, but also a major event in Zhuzhou's political, economic and social life, which will further promote the development of Zhuzhou's economic and social undertakings. Here, on behalf of the people of * * * Zhuzhou Municipal Committee and the city of * * *, I would like to extend my warm congratulations on the establishment of Zhuzhou Chenzhou Chamber of Commerce and extend my warm welcome to all the distinguished guests!

2015128 Changsha Chenzhou chamber of commerce.

The Chamber of Commerce in Chenzhou, Changsha is a social organization with independent legal personality initiated by Chenzhou people and invested in Changsha.

The Chamber of Commerce accepts the guidance and supervision of the Chenzhou People's Government of Changsha and follows the principle of "mutual cooperation, sharing, joint construction and win-win". The Chamber of Commerce aims at promoting exchange of needed goods, resource sharing, complementary advantages and cooperative development, and provides its members with various services such as economic information, trade opportunities, financing, legal consultation, expert diagnosis, overseas inspection, personnel training and holding exchange meetings. Constantly unite with Chen merchants, form a joint force, and constantly develop and expand the strength of chamber members, so as to make positive contributions to building a "United, innovative and harmonious" chamber of commerce and better to the economic construction and social development of Changsha and Chenzhou.

There are many outstanding representatives among contemporary Chen businessmen, such as those who are in harmony with China and face the martial arts; Liu, Special Education Group; Coal mine investor Liu Tanai; Cao Chenggong, venture capitalist; And many other outstanding entrepreneurs.