捐员活跃于晚清社会转型时期原因初探

The Basic Reason of Tax Officers ′ Active Participation in the Social Transformation of the Late Qing Dynasty

晚清社会步入了一个前所未有的转型期,而在转型过程中出现的与新事物相关的行业或领域中,捐官群体扮演了一个相当重要的角色。这种现象出现的原因可以从当时捐员的入仕途径、社会地位和谋求经济利益三方面来分析。

The Late Qing dynasty was an unprecedented period of transformation and in the transition process new things appeared. Tax officer groups played a very important role. This phenomenon can be attributed to three aspects ：official career, social status and economic interests .