宋代两浙路蝗灾及政府应对措施

Locust Plagues and Countermeasures in the Song Dynasty

蝗灾是我国农业历史上的三大自然灾害之一,因其危害巨大而受到历代统治者的关注。宋代蝗灾频发,宋廷对蝗灾十分重视。文章考察了宋代两浙路蝗灾概况,从蝗灾灾情、特点及政府应对措施等方面对宋代蝗灾进行阐述,并对宋廷治蝗措施的利弊进行评价。

The plagues of locusts are one of the three natural disasters in the agricultural history of our country,whose huge harm was observed by the past rulers. As there were frequent plagues of locusts in the Song dynasty,the royal court attached great importance to them. This paper studies the general situation of the Liangzhe area locust plagues,elaborates on the plagues from their characteristics and the imperial court＇s measures to deal with the plagues in the Song dynasty,and finally evaluates the pros and cons of the measures against the plagues taken by the royal court.