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| Abstract : Perpustakaan Tuanku Bainun |
| The objective of this study is to identify the cause and influence of the scholars-merchants culture in the late Ming Dynasty, the social morality of the late Ming Dynasty, and the scholars-merchants culture and the social morality of the late Ming Dynasty presented in Er Pai. The methodology applied in this research are Textual Analysis, Discourse Analysis, and the Historical Method to reveal the intersection between scholars-merchants integration and the development of socio-cultural history in the novel. This study found that the positioning of the social morality like public and private, righteousness and profit, as well as benevolence and destiny in the late Ming Dynasty and the relationship between the scholars-merchants culture and social morality in the late Ming Dynasty. During the late Ming Dynasty, the societal perspective regarding the concept of public and private emphasized meeting the reasonable criteria of private within the framework of conforming to the public. Righteousness and profit were not viewed as contradictory during the late Ming Dynasty. Profit-seeking behaviour was considered acceptable as long as it aligned with temperate, rational, and legal standards, consistent with the principles of righteousness. Benevolence symbolized the display of an individual's moral cultivation, while the perspective of destiny incorporated the influence of one's actions on personal fate. Destiny was influenced by both predetermined circumstances and human actions, ultimately determining outcomes. The research result showed that the formation of the scholarsmerchants culture led to the blending of each other's cultures, they made different choices about the implementation of social morality. The implication of this study is to highlight about the impact of the new culture formed by scholars and merchants on social morality in the late Ming Dynasty, and the new positioning of social moral values in the late Ming Dynasty in promoting the culture of scholars and merchants. |
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