A new phenomenon came upon the stage, that is, tile intellectuals began to eulogize commerce and merchants, contrary to the Chinese tradition of commerce repressing. 海商在地方社會(huì )中的影響日漸增長(cháng),東南地區的社會(huì )生活中出現了一種十分明顯的士商親融現象,士人一反傳統的抑商老調,開(kāi)始對商人與商業(yè)大唱贊歌。