“丁戊奇荒”与晋商捐赈

Ding Wu Famine and Jin Merchant Donating

19世纪70年代,山西、河南等地区的严重干旱持续数年,造成了惨重的灾荒,史称"丁戊奇荒"。本文从灾荒的严重性、清代赈灾机制演变、晋商捐赈及成效、赈灾活动中官商关系与弊端等方面进行考察和分析,勾勒晋商在"丁戊奇荒"中的社会角色与作为。

In the 1970s,severe drought lasted several years in Shanxi, Henan and etc,caused disastrous？famine, which was called ＂Ding Wu Famine＂. This paper observes and studies in such respects：severity of the Famine, change of donating mechanism in Qing Dynasty,relation between officials and merchants and its disadvantage, outlines the social characters and accomplishment of Jin merchant.