Chapter 130 Thinking of Shanxi Merchants: What should coal bosses learn from their "old ancestors"?

In August 2005, this was a moment worth remembering by all those who pay attention to Shanxi Merchants. The Federation of New Jin Merchants in Shanxi Province released the "Declaration of New Jin Merchants". The manifesto points out: follow the concept of "integrity, diligence, enterprising, and dedication", and inherit the spirit of "thrifty, hardworking, rational and honest, proficient in management, and courageous pioneering" of Shanxi merchants. For a hundred years, they have been silently doing business, and once they are ready to speak out. This is our Shanxi merchants, who have the excellent quality of a generation of merchants flowing through them.

This is our Shanxi merchants, who left behind a lot of material wealth and cultural wealth. Based on this, it is not a "myth" for Shanxi merchants to stand in the business world for hundreds of years.This is not only the pride of generations of Shanxi people, but also the inexhaustible spiritual wealth that all businessmen in Shanxi can absorb today.So, as a controversial "new merchant" Shanxi coal boss, what should he learn from his ancestors? We believe that coal bosses should first learn from the business principles of "integrity and pragmatism" and "simultaneity of righteousness and profit" that the ancestors of Shanxi merchants advocated in the process of doing business.

Integrity is the moral bottom line of being a human being, and integrity is the "lifeline" for Shanxi merchants to stand proudly in the business world. With the heart of seeking truth and honesty, they are frugal, diligent, sensible and honest in business life. In the specific operation, they emphasize the business spirit of proficiency in management and pioneering courage, so as to win trust with sincerity, seek "success" in sincerity, and devote themselves to maintaining an "open, fair and just" market order, promoting the healthy development of commercial economy and Social harmony and progress.

In specific business life, they emphasize that doing business must be down-to-earth, not opportunistic, not proud of profits, and not discouraged by losses; they emphasize that they must be faithful to customers, and even more to their own partners. Only with sincerity as the foundation can long-term profits be made .This is the creed of Shanxi merchants. Secondly, coal bosses should learn from the enterprising ambitions of the ancestors of Shanxi merchants who talked about business and pioneered bravely. In business, you must talk about business. This is the basic premise for a qualified businessman to settle down in the turbulent business world since ancient times.

In business, we must talk about business, that is, we must have a strong sense of management, specifically "do one line, specialize in one line; do one line, refine one line". In business, we must talk about business. Here we must emphasize two words: "must".This can be understood not only as a requirement based on the business environment, but also as the "necessity" of "speaking quotient" that is jointly promoted by practitioners' professional responsibilities and career missions. In business, we must talk about business, which means actively advocating the inheritance and transcendence of business operations, renewing the past and making innovations, bravely surpassing, constantly negating ourselves in business operations, and then building a business culture for new Jin merchants, and striving to enhance the international competitiveness of Shanxi merchants.This is also the perfect embodiment of their "businessman's values" model in the new era of "gathering wealth with skillful hands and shouldering morality with iron shoulders".

In business, we must talk about business. In fact, it means that they are committed to business and never forget their enterprising ambitions. The spirit of Everbright Shanxi Merchants is our responsibility. Thirdly, coal bosses should learn from the foresight and ambition of the ancestors of Shanxi merchants to hide their strengths and bide their time, persevere and persevere, and step calmly on the world economic stage. Back then, those ancestors of Shanxi merchants traveled across thousands of mountains and rivers, trekking across deserts and vast seas, enjoying the scorching sun in summer, eating ice and drinking snow in winter, making their business bigger and stronger, and dominating the business world.They firmly believe in the Confucian spirit of "honesty and trustworthiness, righteousness and profit", and have made brilliant achievements that have attracted worldwide attention with their wisdom and sweat.

Coal bosses should also learn from them to navigate the ever-changing commercial market, to plan deeply in business activities, to adapt to changes, and to be better at assessing the situation. Absorb advanced business ideas from the world, and then integrate into the process of globalization with the attitude of the business pioneer of the times. Fourth, coal bosses should learn from the old ancestors of Shanxi merchants who advocated the idea of ​​establishing a business and being rich in both competition and cooperation in the market. Under the leadership of this idea, they have formulated an all-round and multi-perspective international competition strategy, which enables team spirit to maximize resource sharing and complementary advantages in market competition, thereby enhancing social and economic benefits.

This is the coup for Shanxi merchants to survive freely in the turbulent business sea. What can best reflect the scientific nature of Shanxi merchants' business management is that they have created a modern enterprise management model that is in line with today's business circles. . Today, we carefully observe the development history of Shanxi Merchants, dig out its spirit, and better appreciate the breadth and depth of the ideas of the ancestors of Shanxi Merchants who advocated competition and cooperation, scientific management, and rich merchants in the market. Finally, coal bosses should learn from the morality of the ancestors of Shanxi merchants who have the courage to take on "social responsibility".

There is a saying, "A gentleman manages money, get it in a proper way, and dissipate it in a proper way." We believe that this is the primary intention of Shanxi merchants to walk the road of business. According to the rules of Shanxi merchants, they must use their hard-earned money to participate in various social donation activities, and often donate to their hometown folks and the poor people around them.Someone once commented on them like this: "With national righteousness in mind, people's well-being in mind, revitalization of one side's economy, benefiting the people of one side." And their values ​​and universal outlook that advocate wealth "take it from society and return it to society" are true. It will let the light of its human nature and morality shine brightly in the long river of history, and provide an indestructible moral guarantee for the sustainable development and eternal operation of Shanxi merchants.From this, they let us future generations fully appreciate the "charm of Shanxi merchants" that is easy to pass through mountains and rivers for thousands of years, but human nature is hard to change.

At this time, people will think of the ancient French proverb engraved on the back of the statue of the goddess of justice in front of the ancient Roman court: "For justice, even if the sky falls apart!" "The old and new civilizations still benefit from each other, and the east and west have the same principles." These words and deeds are thought-provoking. So far, we can understand that even if the extensive and profound spirit of Shanxi merchants has completely different historical backgrounds and cultural beliefs, people living at any end of the world can also understand what "righteousness" is, let alone "to the old Shanxi merchants." Shanxi coal boss who learned from ancestors!

We believe that in today's tide of market economy, many coal bosses in Shanxi have become rich, have made a fortune, and seem to be successful. But temporary success does not mean lifetime success. There is a saying, "The years don't live, and it has come suddenly." A mere few decades of life is just a "drop in the ocean" in the long river of history. The extensive and profound Shanxi merchant culture once pushed the Chinese oriental commercial civilization to the extreme, which is also a glory that our descendants can "luckily" enjoy. From this perspective, coal bosses still have a lot to learn.