自晚清中外通商以来,上海则很少受到战争的破坏,江南的许多富商大贾、文人雅士避难到上海,或寻求更大的发展空间,其中一些文士齐集上海治生和经商,一时成为前所未有的景象,出于各种原因从事治生或经商,他们所从事的职业多种多样,除了传统文人的教授生徒、谋职于书院以获得膏火银、游幕、出售书画作品、行医等治生手段外,还呈现出与前代不同的特色,如有的文人从事办报、翻译、买办等具有近代化特色的行业。有的不乏成为上海颇有影响的人士。 Since the trade between China and foreign countries in the late Qing Dynasty, Shanghai has seldom been damaged by the war. Many wealthy merchants and literati in Jiangnan have sought refuge in Shanghai or seek greater space for development. Some of them have gathered in Shanghai for their treatment and business, For a variety of reasons in life or business, they are engaged in a wide variety of occupations, in addition to the traditional literati students, seek employment in the academy to obtain cream Silver, screen, sell paintings and calligraphy, medicine and other treatment Means, but also show different characteristics with the previous generation, such as some of the writers in the newspaper, translation, comprador and other industries with modern characteristics. There is no shortage of influential people in Shanghai.