光绪年间河南灾荒中的官赈

光绪年间河南灾荒中的官赈特点如下:一是传统赈灾手段滞后,二是资金来源日益社会化,三是地方救灾任务加重,四是重视对灾时社会秩序的维持与重建,此外则是遇灾时多有振兴赈务之举。总体上说,官赈救济效果不佳,此中原因首先在于光绪时期,清政府经过太平天国的打击,已元气大伤;再就是清政府对地方的控制不力。

The Official Relief of the Disasters in Henan during Guangxu

The characters of the official relief in Henan during Guangxu are just as follows: Firstly,the traditional means to relief lagged;Secondly,the sources of fund were socializing day by day;Thirdly,the task of local relief were also aggravating;Fourthly,the maintenance and reconstruction of social order were valued;Besides,the actions of promoting relief were usually taken at disasters.Above all,the effect of official relief wasn't satisfying.It mainly resulted from the weakness of Qing which was struck heavily during Taiping Revolution,meanwhile,the government also lost effective control of local society.