清代中期工赈救荒资金的筹措机制

On the Fund Collection System of Work Relief during the Mid-Qing Dynasty

清代中期工赈资金主要来自国家调拨、地方筹措及民间捐助三种渠道,形成了以国家力量为主、社会力量为辅的灵活的资金筹措机制。一方面彰显出政府的财政资金实力和救灾能力,另一方面也反映出清代工赈资金筹集缺乏财政制度上的保障,受当时国家经济状况好坏之影响较大。

In the mid Qing Dynasty, the work relief fund collection mechanism had already developed into a flexible one. The relief funds comprised money through national allocations, local fund mobilization and social endowment, among which, the national efforts remained dominant throughout, social efforts being secondary. The flexibility of this system under discussion, on the one hand, underlined the imperial financial strength which could be employed at will,on the other hand,reflected the absence of a systematical financial guarantee during the collection of work relief funds in the mid Qing Dynasty. Meanwhile, the results of the fund raising would be much affected by the related national economy.