Not to be confused with the eponym former German company SIEMSSEN AND COMPANY 禪臣洋行 (1846)

Source/reference: The Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995 (680)

禅臣洋行，兴成洋行 Siemssen, G.; Siemssen &. Krohn

福州德商贸易行.1886 年(或作1887 年〉瑞挪联盟驻福州副领事及后任德国署福州领事谢弥沈(G. Siemssen) 创办，即以姓字为行名，华名"禅臣". 1899 年前原裕丰洋行(Schδnfeld & Co.)职员普克罗恩(Werner Krohn) 入伙，遂更西名为"Siemssen &. Krohn" .为私有合伙商号.经营茶叶出口贸易，兼总佣金代理业务.开办有锯木厂及羽绒厂.第一次世界大战中一度停业. 1920 年代初恢复，即迁总号子上海，华名"兴成"，先后在九江路及博物院路蕾业.福州设分号，仍称"禅臣飞出口茶叶、炀衣、帽子、烟草，销往欧美.兼营一般进出口贸易.代理几家欧美轮船、保险及其它公司厂商. 1943年尚且于记载，伙东为谢弥沈之均侯后裔骨谢斐迪(Fred. W.Siemssen) 及骨渤乔治(G. Theo. Siemssen) 等.往来银行为"德华". 刘尚粥、孙梅卿等尝充是行沪应华经理或高级华职员.

Rough translation

German Fuzhou-based trading company. Founded in 1886 (or 1887)> Swiss Consortium in Fuzhou, deputy consul and then the German Department of Fuzhou consul, thank you (G. Siemssen) founded, that is, the name of the line name, the famous "Chan". Before 1899, the former Yufeng Weixing (Schδnfeld & Co.) staff Pu Keluo (Werner Krohn) occupation, then more named "Siemssen &. Krohn". For the private partnership. Operating tea export trade, and the total commission agency business A sawmill and feather factory was opened for the first time in World War I. In the early 1920s, in the Jiujiang Road and the museum Lu Lei industry. Fuzhou set a semicolon, still known as "Zen Chen Fei export tea, Yang clothing, hat, tobacco, Sold to Europe and the United States. 兼营 general import and export trade. Acting several European and American ships, insurance and other companies manufacturers .1943 Shang Shang in the record, the East for the Xie Ji Shen Hou Hou Hou Fei Fei (Fred. W.Siemssen) and bone Bo (G. Theo. Siemssen), etc. The correspondent bank is "Dehua". Liu Shang porridge, Sun Meiqing and other tasting is the line of Chinese managers or senior staff.