“丁戊奇荒”慈善救助的近代转型探析

An Analysis of the Modern Transformation of the Relief Pattern During “Ding-wu Disaster”

"丁戊奇荒"是清末发生的一次特大灾荒,它将当时不同社会阶层和区域的互动置于同一个历史场景中,并将清政府的官赈、近代绅商的商赈以及西方教会势力的教赈等慈善救助活动融于苦难的灾情之中,体现了中国传统救灾模式的近代化转型。

“Ding-wu Disaster” is a catastrophic disaster in the late Qing Dynasty. It embodies the modern transformation of Chinese traditional disaster relief pattern by putting the interaction of the different social strata and regions in a limited historical scene, and by blending the relief of the Qing governments, gentry-merchants and the Western missionaries during the miserable disaster. With the research on disaster relief in the specific historical scene, we can see the modern transformation of the traditional disaster relief pattern in China.