The Nantong inheritance of Zhang Xiao's philanthropic spirit

Ye Shenliang

As a famous industrialist and philanthropist in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xiao is the pride of China's modern philanthropic history, and Zhang Xiao's philanthropic spirit inheritance has also spread from his hometown of Nantong, Jiangsu Province, to the land of China, constantly injecting new impetus into the development of China's philanthropy.

Inherit Zhang Xiao's philanthropic spirit in the persistence of excellent culture

To inherit and develop China's excellent traditional culture, we must vigorously carry forward the core ideas and concepts of stressing benevolence, valuing the people, keeping good faith, advocating justice, upholding harmony, and seeking greatness. The traditional excellent culture contains rich moral concepts and norms, such as the rise and fall of the world, the sense of responsibility of the husband, the patriotic feeling of loyalty to the country and the revitalization of China, the social trend of revering virtue and benevolence, seeing the wise and thinking together, and the concept of honor and disgrace of filial piety and faithfulness, courtesy, righteousness, and shame.

To inherit and develop China's excellent traditional culture, we must vigorously carry forward such traditional Chinese virtues as unremitting self-improvement, dedication to work and music, helping the needy and helping the poor, seeing righteousness and courage, filial piety and love for the elderly. The traditional excellent culture contains the humanistic spirit of the Chinese nation, and accumulates diverse and precious spiritual wealth, such as seeking common ground while reserving differences, harmonious and different ways of dealing with the world, the idea of carrying the Tao and the indoctrination of cultural people, the aesthetic pursuit of both form and god and the blending of scenes, and the concept of frugality and self-preservation.

To inherit and develop China's excellent traditional culture, we must vigorously carry forward the ideological and cultural content that is conducive to promoting social harmony and encouraging people to be upward and benevolent. The traditional culture inherited for thousands of years has forged the spirit of struggle of the Chinese nation, and excellent culture is the foundation and bloodline of Zhang Xiao's charity, and Zhang Xiao has been edified and infiltrated in the excellent culture of Chinese history. Today, when we inherit Zhang Xiao's charity spirit, we must absorb more nutrition from China's excellent culture, use Chinese excellent culture to strengthen our bones and bones, strengthen our courage, and illuminate our wisdom, so that the spirit of charity will bear more vivid results in the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese culture.

Spread Zhang Xiao's charity spirit in the promotion of humanistic spirit

In the history of Chinese philanthropy culture, Zhang Xiao was the first person to charity in modern China. Zhang Xiao's philanthropic spirit is the persistence of faith, the inheritance of personality, and the flow of temperament. Zhang Xiao's philanthropic concept includes the inheritance of tradition and the innovation of the times, and his philanthropic concept and practice have left a valuable spiritual legacy for the contemporary and future generations.

Zhang Xiao's philanthropic influence is not only in Nantong, but his philanthropic practice and spirit have influenced a more far-reaching era and scope. The core of the "Zhang Xiao Spirit" is "creation", Zhang Xiaoxing industry, education, charity, creating the era first, creating a trend of the trend. The "Jianghai Spirit" is a force deeply rooted in the history of Nantong, and its core is "Courage", Zhang Jianxiu river to control the water, melting into the magnificent vastness of the sea, the stretching and unrestrained of the river, and the moisture of the river. The core of the "farming spirit" is "tolerance", Zhang Jianken pastoral farming grace in the jianghai land, the people continue this spirit in the intergenerational inheritance. The core of the "Iron Army Spirit" is "hard", and the entrepreneurial history of a large raw yarn factory is the initial embodiment of the "Iron Army Spirit". The core of the "spirit of governance" is "drilling", and Zhang Jian founded the first normal school in the country, so that the "spirit of governance" of Nantong people has been edified, nourished and fertilized in Zhang Xiao's achievements. The core of the "spirit of benevolence" is "benevolence", Zhang Xiao has left a rich charity history for Nantong, and good deeds are not only the sublimation of personal spirit, but also the embodiment of Nantong's social customs. The core of the "spirit of trade" is "breaking through", and Nantong businessmen take Zhang Xiao as an example to inherit and carry forward the great feelings of patriotism and love for the people, the general pattern of industrial service to the country, the great responsibility of social responsibility, and the courage of strong perseverance.

In the construction of a charity city, zhang Xiao's charity spirit is spread

Zhang Xiao's philanthropic spirit has made Nantong people more determined to promote the construction of Nantong Charity City, and the Nantong benchmark of Charity City and the Nantong Path of Charity City have been paved. The Nantong Museum has Zhang Xiao's education exhibition, the Nantong Textile Museum has Zhang Xiao's industrial exhibition Chen, and the China Charity Museum has Zhang Xiao's charity exhibition Chen. The Nantong Special Education Center has Zhang Xiao's education retention, nantong Dasheng Spinning Factory has Zhang Xiao's industrial retention, and Nantong Social Welfare Institute has Zhang Xiao's charity retention.

In Nantong, the charity projects of loving heart to help the poor, love to help students, benevolence to help the doctors, compassion to help the elderly, warm hearts to help orphans, kindness to help the disabled, sincerity to help creation, ingenuity to help the beauty of the charity allow more people to enjoy the sunshine of charity; Shanyun Art Troupe, Shanyun Repertoire, Shanyun Base, etc. spread more philanthropic concepts; "Mo Wensui" Volunteer Team, Jianghai Volunteer Service serves the people of Nantong more; grassroots charitable organizations, unit charity branches, social welfare organizations, etc. show more and more powerful philanthropic capabilities.

At the same time, more philanthropic good people play a leading and exemplary role. Nantong has a history to learn, Nantong has Zhang Xiao as a model of a charity figure; Nantong has a monument to look up to, the typical of the times inspires today's Nantong people, is a powerful group of Nantong towards the city of charity; Nantong has a considerable scenery, the China Charity Museum was built in Nantong, playing a huge role in the construction of the city of charity; Nantong has gods to gather, Nantong City tolerance, Huitong, Chongwen, Houde, with this city spirit of cohesion, you can be on the road of charity, struggle, enterprising; Nantong has something to praise, Nantong City has a lot of good people and good deeds, They have touched the people of Nantong; Nantong has books to taste, many beautiful Nantong charity stories, let the heart rain that feels charity flutter in our hearts; Nantong has the wish to be feasible, charity volunteers, with a skill to light up life and serve the society.

It can be said that although Zhang Xiao has passed away nearly a hundred years ago, the philanthropic spiritual wealth he left behind is undoubtedly still the cultural identity and spiritual benchmark of Nantong and even the whole country.

At present, the construction of the City of Charity has sprinkled the sunshine of charity on every corner of Nantong. Nantong has unveiled and operated the "Xiaoyuan" charity space, which is actively disseminating charity culture, implementing charity projects, and carrying out volunteer services, inheriting the charity spirit of Zhang Xiao and allowing more and more Nantong people to join the ranks of charity.

(The author is vice president of Nantong Charity Federation of Jiangsu Province)

【Source: People's Political Consultative Conference Daily】

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