南朝刘宋遣使救灾述论

频发的自然灾害促成了刘宋遣使救灾措施的不断实施。救灾使臣在参与地方灾害的救助过程中,将朝廷的安抚、赈恤与监察等几个环节连接起来,成为在灾害情况下联系国家和地方的纽带,体现了封建国家在救灾活动中的主体地位。遣使救灾作为刘宋一种积极有效的救灾机制,对刘宋灾后恢复经济、稳定社会秩序产生了积极影响。

On the System of Sending Special Envoys to Guide Disaster Relief in the Song Dynasty

Frequent natural calamities impelled the Song Dynasty(420~479),one of the Southern Dynasties in China,to send special envoys to guide disaster relief.In the course of participating in the(local) disaster relief,envoys put together such links as pacification,delivering relief fund and supervision of the central government,served as the link between the central government and local government,and represented the principal part the central government played in the relief.Sending special envoys to guide disaster relief,a positive and effective system,exercised a positive influence upon the economic recovery and keeping public order after disasters.