光绪三十二年苏皖水灾中的救济差异及皖北困境

“Favor One More Than Another”: Differences in Relief Efforts in Jiangsu and Anhui Provinces' after the Flood of 1906

光绪三十二年(1906)苏北、皖北发生水灾,然而两省的救济却受到了"厚此薄彼"的对待,正当苏北的救济热火朝天之时,皖北救济却是举步维艰。从苏皖两省的政治地位、财政重要性、区位差异、战争影响等方面分析"厚此薄彼"现象产生的原因,可以为一些发展相对落后的地区提供一些趋利避害的经验和教训。最后,皖省走出了一条与众不同的自我救济之路,不但较为成功地对皖北进行了救济,还在无意间突破了传统的荒政体制,开始了近代化历程。

The northern areas both Jiangsu and Anhui province both flooded in 1906, but the relief measures illustrated the tendency of ＂ favor one more than another. ＂ While northern Jiangsu province＇ s relief was in full swing, the relief of northern Anhui province was barely underway. The study analyzes the phenomenon of ＂favor one more than another＂ from the two provinces＇ different political status, financial importance, regional differences, the impact of war and other aspects to provide some insights on avoiding and ameliorating disasters in relatively backward areas. In the end, Anhui Province followed a new extraordinary path of self-relief, which not only successfully relieved the victims of the flood but also unintentionally surpassed the traditional relief system and began the process of modernization.