Private Charities in the Region South of the Yangtze River during the Ming and Qing Dynasties

During the Ming and Qing dynasties there were numerous socialrelief and charitable activities in China's cities. Although little researchhas been conducted in this field in China, fruitful work has been carriedout in Japan, and Fuba Susumi's studies on charitable houses (shan tang)and charitable societies (shan hui ) in communities south of the YangtzeRiver (Jiangnan) have laid a solid foundation for such research.Social relief was provided by both government and non-governmentorganization…