元、明、清时期淮河流域环境恶化原因浅析

Reasons for Environmental Deterioration in Huaihe River Valley during Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties

淮河流域在南宋以前曾长期为中国经济文化先进区域,自南宋以后却渐趋衰落,典型地表现为社会和自然环境的恶化,个中原因不一而足,史学界分别从多个方面做出了有益的探讨。本文在综合现有学者研究成果的基础上,对造成淮河流域衰落的原因进行整体探析,进而探寻其相互之间的因果联系。

Huaihe River Valley was a very flourishing area of economy and culture in the history of China before Nan-Song Dynasties.But it gradually declined after South Song Dynasty.One indicator is that social and physical environment deteriorated in this area.The reasons for it were controversial.The paper analyzed the reasons why Huaihe River Valley can be gradually declined,and tried to find causality of some main reasons.