Abstract:

During the course of later Qing Dynasty and earlier Republic of China， some modern merchants of Jiangsu
province，represented by ZhangJian,RongDeSheng, ShengXuanHuai，took active part in the modernization of publication
in China. Through hard effort， they made progress in education and cultural heritage. Due to the limitation of the era
and individual， some modern colors and some deficiencies as well were showed in their publication cause.