东汉社会保障政策考述

A study on the social security system in the Eastern Han Dynasty

东汉政府对贫弱群体的社会保障政策在中国古代史上是非常具有代表性的,主要有:释放奴婢和囚徒、保障鳏寡孤独及笃癃者的生活、假民公田与赋民公田、赈济贫弱、蠲免赋役、赐爵、重农政策、水利政策和仓储政策等。这些政策措施对维护东汉王朝的长期统治发挥了重要作用。

The social security system of the Eastern Han Dynasty was representative in the history of ancient China.It mainly includes setting the servants and convicts free,securing the life of the old single men and disabled men,lending the land to the mass,relieving the needy group,exempting the obligation and service,bestowing their nobilities,attaching importance to farmers and constructing water conservan- cy projects and stocking grain,etc.These policies and measures played an important role in keeping social stability in the long ruling history of the Eastern Han Dynasty.