关中地区的“丁戊奇荒”及应对措施

Ding-wu Disaster of Guanzhong Region and Measures

光绪年间的"丁戊奇荒"遍及全国多个省份,关中地区也在受灾之列,赤地千里,饿殍盈野,人相食。正逢多事之秋的清政府无力应对,只是敷衍了事,把赈灾重任交给了地方政府。在地方政府的多方筹措、当地及江南士绅的慷慨帮助下,灾民才得以渡过难关。本文重点论述了地方政府及士绅在赈灾过程中发挥的作用,以期说明清末封建社会对灾害是如何应对的。

During 1876 and 1878,the ＂Ding-wu Disaster＂ hit many places of the countiy,including the Guanzhong region.Thousands of the people were starved,and they even ate each other.The central government had no ability to deal with it in that moment,so it put the responsibilities to local government.With the finance help of local government and the gentry,the victims were able to go through the troublesome.The paper mainly focuses on the effect of the local government and the gentry in disaster relief,so as to describe that how the feudal society dealt with the disasters.