晋商文化在我国封建社会的经济发展史上占有相当的地位。晋商开始形成于宋,繁荣于明,鼎盛于清,直至清末资本主义工商业兴起后才逐渐衰落,其辉煌历程长达七、八百年之久。据史料记载,当时晋商的足迹几乎遍布我国所有的地区,甚至发展到蒙古、日本、朝鲜等国,经营的范围基本覆盖了商业、贸易、金融、典当等行业,积累的资产更是 Shanxi merchant culture occupies a considerable position in the history of economic development in the feudal society of our country. Shanxi merchants began to form in Song Dynasty, flourished in Ming Dynasty and flourished in Qing Dynasty. It declined gradually until the rise of capitalist industry and commerce in the late Qing Dynasty, and its glorious course lasted for seven or eight hundred years. According to historical records, at that time, Shanxi merchants covered almost all parts of China and even developed areas such as Mongolia, Japan and North Korea. The scope of their operations basically covered industries such as commerce, trade, finance and pawn. The accumulated assets were even more