This paper mainly uses the theories and methods of history as analyzing tools and studies Shen Yunpei and Xu Dinglin as well as their activities in the grand national and international background.

• 本文主要运用历史学的理论和方法作为分析工具,充分注意到把对沈云霈和许鼎霖及其实业活动的考察放到国内甚至国际大背景中加以研究。