Confucian businessmen originated from Confucianism, which is the combination of Confucianism and commerce. They have both Confucian morality and wisdom, as well as the wealth and success of businessmen. They are models of Confucian scholars and business elites. It is generally believed that Confucian businessmen should have the following characteristics: pay attention to personal cultivation, operate with integrity, have high cultural quality, pay attention to cooperation and have a strong sense of responsibility.
The ultimate goal of Confucian businessmen is to be super-utilitarian, have a lofty sense of responsibility for social development, have great aspirations and sense of hardship to save the people, and pursue success for the good of the world. In ancient times, there were a generation of Confucian merchants such as Zigong, and later there were Confucian merchants such as Shandong merchants, Huizhou merchants, Shanxi merchants, Huai merchants, Fujian merchants and Chen merchants. Nowadays, there are also modern Confucian businessmen with the spirit of Confucian businessmen in the new era, such as Rong family, Run Run Run Shaw, Fok Ying Tung and so on.
Confucian influence
Confucian culture has penetrated into the bone marrow of China people, especially into the temperament, spirit, realm, ambition and behavior of China literati. Although it has been hit by the storm of the times and tortured by political history, it has been stubbornly passed down from generation to generation and has been highlighted in various social situations.
In a sense, the spiritual realm of Confucianism has become the soul of China culture, and its ideological elements have also become the "subconscious" of China intellectuals. Today, we begin to confidently propose that in order to inherit and carry forward Chinese excellent traditional culture, we must solve the problem of correctly analyzing and evaluating the position and role of Confucian culture in the whole China culture.