清代台湾社会问题与官绅应对

The Social Problems and the Reply of Officials and Gentlemen of Taiwan in the Qing Dynasty

清廷统一台湾后,设科取士,置官治民。然而,台湾僻居东南,开发较晚,文教落后,社会问题众多,譬如溺婴肆行、骚乱不断、陋习蔓延等。这不仅危及台湾社会之稳定,而且也影响清朝边疆之巩固,因而台湾地方官绅十分重视当地社会问题之治理。他们既指出问题危害,又提出治理对策,还参与纠偏行动。这显著加强了清代台湾社会控制,也在某种程度上促进了清代台湾社会转型。

After unifying Taiwan,the Qing government implemented the civil-service examination system and appointed officials to rule the people.However,Taiwan lay in the southeast and developed rather late,its culture and education fell behind,and there were so many social problems,such as the reckless act of drowning infants,continual riots,widespread bad habits.They not only harmed the stability of Taiwan's society,but also affected the consolidation of frontiers in the Qing Dynasty.Therefore,the local officials and gentlemen attached great importance to the governance of Taiwan's social problems,pointing out the damage,proposing the measures for management,and participating in the activities of correction,which remarkably strengthened the control of Taiwan society and promoted its transformation in the Qing Dynasty in a way.