天灾还是人祸?——黄河铜瓦厢改道原因研究述论

Natural Disasters or Man-made Disasters:Analysis on the Reasons of the Yellow River's Changing Its Course at Tongwaxiang

咸丰五年,黄河在河南兰仪铜瓦厢改道,这是历史上第六次大规模改道。关于这次改道发生的原因,有的研究者认为是自然因素起了主要作用,有的则强调人为因素。通过分析比较可以看出,这次改道的发生,主要是清廷在内乱外患的形势下疏远河务所致。

The Yellow River changed its course at Tongwaxiang of Henan Province in the fifth year of Xianfeng Period in the Qing Dynasty,and this was the sixth large-scale change of its course in the history.Some thought that it was due to a natural disaster,but the others stressed that it resulted from a man-made disaster.The author of this paper agrees with the latter and makes a further analysis.