试论自然灾害对辽朝中后期政局的影响

Try to Discuss Natural Disasters Influence on Liao dynasty Political Situation in the Middle and Later Periods

辽朝中后期自然灾害频繁,水、旱、蝗、雪灾、地震等屡屡发生,对百姓的生产生活造成严重影响,社会生产力遭到极大破坏。自然灾害发生后,辽朝政府通过赈济、减免赋役和入粟补官等措施来稳定社会秩序以维护其统治。这些救灾措施弊端颇多,因而措施实施后,收效甚微,无法从根本上缓解自然灾害所带来的危害。统治集团内部在救灾方面也产生了严重的分歧。这些因素导致辽国后期社会贫富分化加剧,农民起义不断,影响了辽朝中后期的社会稳定,动摇着辽政府的统治。

In the Middle and Later Periods, .natural disasters is frequent of Liao Dynasty, occur frequently such as water, drought, locust, snow storms, earthquakes and so on, serious effects on the production and living of the people, the social productivity is greatly damaged. After a natural disaster, the government in order to maintain its rule by measures to stabilize the social order, relief and derate the taxes and corvee and into the millet replenishes officer positions and so on. These relief measures have more disadvantages, and after implementation, to little effect, cannot fundamentally ease the dangers of natural disasters. The hierarchy has also had serious differences in disaster relief. These factors lead to the social between rich and poor differentiation aggravate in late Liao Dynasty, peasant uprising unceasing, influence social stability of Liao Dynasty in middle and later periods, shaking the Liao government rule.