A Lonely Man in the Cold Night —— Zhang Jian

I read a lonely man on a cold night yesterday, and I was deeply touched.

The character mentioned in the article is Zhang Jian. His name is stra

A Lonely Man in the Cold Night —— Zhang Jian

I read a lonely man on a cold night yesterday, and I was deeply touched.

The character mentioned in the article is Zhang Jian. His name is strange, but he was deeply moved after reading it.

? Jane (1853-1926)1853, from Changle Town, Haimen City, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. He was a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, a great figure in saving the country through industry, a modern industrialist, politician and educator in China, a pioneer in the field of cotton textile in China and the founder of Shanghai Ocean University.

? Haimen, the birthplace of Zhang Jian, is located at the intersection of rivers and seas, which is the frontier of the intersection of eastern and western cultures. Immigrants are open-minded and have certain market concepts and commodity awareness. For the local people, the ups and downs of the river bank, the repeated changes of life and the impermanence of fortunes have enhanced their sense of hardship and tenacious fighting spirit. When Zhang Jian was four years old, his father sent him to a private school, invited a famous teacher to support him, and encouraged him to study hard and succeed. He also warned him to pay attention to the reality and not to talk empty words. "I know the difficulty of farming." This laid a solid foundation for him to cultivate pioneering consciousness, perseverance and pragmatic spirit in the future, and then to become an excellent industrialist.

? Zhang Jian lived 73 years, and spent the first half of his life jumping on the imperial examination road. He was brilliant and extraordinary in writing, and won the appreciation and support of Weng Tonghe, the "imperial teacher", and finally won the first place.

1894, the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894 broke out, and then the treaty of shimonoseki was signed. Zhang Jian made the following analysis of the root cause of poverty and weakness in the late Qing Dynasty: China's illness was "not cowardice, but scattered darkness, scattered power was weak and powerless, and dark knowledge was insufficient to dare to see." Lack of knowledge is due to lack of education, while lack of strength is due to lack of diligence. "

? 1898, after the "Hundred Days Reform", Weng Tonghe was dismissed by Cixi. Zhang Jian witnessed the sinister officialdom. After half a month, he asked for leave and returned to the south. Determined to abandon the official career and follow the path of rejuvenating the country through industry.

? Zhang Jian started his business. In fact, his road to entrepreneurship is very difficult.

? When Zhang Jian founded Sheng Da Cotton Mill in Nantong, he had difficulty in raising funds and ran into a wall everywhere. He didn't get anything when he went to Shanghai to raise shares, and he didn't even have the money to go back. I have to sell words on the road to earn money. "I dare not refute the slander, I can't be insulted."

However, with his tenacious character and extraordinary perseverance, Sheng Da Cotton Mill has gradually improved, expanded its scale and achieved better and better benefits. He has founded more than 20 enterprises, involving textiles, printing and dyeing, printing, papermaking, matches, soap, electricity, salt industry, animal husbandry, silkworm, oil, flour, telephone, shipping, docks, banks, real estate, hotels and other industries. He also established more than 370 schools, focusing on normal education and vocational education. Tongzhou Normal School founded by him is the first normal school in China. He also founded an engineering university, known as the "number one industrialist".

? Zhang Jian is broad-minded and far-sighted. His philosophy is: "a person should have a provincial vision when managing a county;" To save trouble, we must have a national vision; To govern a country, we must have a world perspective. "

? Regrettably, Zhang Jian often socialized with the help of entrepreneurs, which seriously dragged down Sheng Da Cotton Mill. In addition, in 1922, cotton was expensive and cheap, the market turned black, the cotton textile industry crisis and the government's attitude of not actively supporting made Sheng Da fall into debt.

? 1926, Zhang Jian died of illness. On the day of the funeral, Nantong was deserted and saw him off. ?

Educational events

Zhang Jian and Ma founded Fudan University in Wusong, the predecessor of Fudan University.

1907, founded agricultural schools and women's normal schools;

1909 advocates the construction of Tonghai five-genus public middle school (now Nantong middle school)

1909, Wusong Merchant Marine College (now Shanghai Maritime University)

19 12 years, medical college and textile school (predecessor of Yangzhou University and Nantong University), Hehai Engineering School (predecessor of Hohai University) and Jiangsu Fisheries School (now Shanghai Ocean University) were established, and a number of primary schools and middle schools were established one after another;

19 17. With the support of Zhang Jian, Tongji Medical Engineering School was reopened in Wusong (predecessor of Tongji University);

192 1 year, Shanghai University of Commerce was established (predecessor of Nanjing University), and Zhang Jian was one of the main founders.

1924 Vocational schools such as textile, agriculture and medicine were merged into Nantong University. Other universities related to Nantong University include Donghua University, Jiangsu Agricultural College (later merged into Yangzhou University) and Suzhou Medical College (later merged into Suzhou University).

Nantong Normal School, the first normal school in China (later the department moved to Yangzhou Normal College);

The first special education school in China-School for the Deaf.

Other achievements

1905, Nantong Museum, the first museum in China, was built in Tongzhou.

1909, Nantong electric lamp factory was established, and the city began to use electric lamps for lighting;

19 13, Dacong Telephone Company was established, and Nantong urban and rural postal and telephone services were established;

19 16 set up meteorological observation stations to serve production and life; 19 19, Nantong more vulgar theater was built to enrich life.

? Throughout his life, in the turbulent times, Zhang Jian was ambitious, tried his best to promote industry, run education, ignite a single spark, inspire people and make people admire him!