中国传统慈善体系简论

The System of Chinese Traditional Charities

我国传统社会慈善事业发达,善行义举众多,善会善堂林立。在善人、善书与善举的背后,贯穿始终的则是慈善的理念——善念。善念、善书、善人相结合,促成了各种慈善的行动,共同构成中国传统的慈善体系。本文以清代湖北的育婴事业为例,对这一体系进行论述。

There had been flourish charities in traditional society,with kinds of charitable behaviors and charitable houses. The motivation of these charities was the thought of Shan,which promoted various traditional charitable behaviors. In this paper,the Charities system will be analyzed by the cases of the Infant-Raising Business of Hubei in Qing dynasty.