清末民初江南乡绅参与公益事业的动力机制分析

An Analysis of the Motive Mechanism of Jiangnan Squires Participation in Public Welfare in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Early Republic of China

清末民初时期,国家进入现代化建设进程,需要进一步调动社会资源进行国家政权建设。在国家和民众的期望下,乡绅积极投入公益事业之中,保障了乡民的生活,维护了社会稳定,一定程度缓解了国家基层的困境。在现代农村治理问题频频暴露之时,回溯历史,探寻清末民初江南乡绅参与公益事业的动因,寻找其现代意义,为今日乡村治理提供了新的思考和认识。

In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China,during the modernization construction,the establishment of state power requires further social resources.With the expectation of the state and the people,the squires were actively engaged in public welfare undertakings,safeguarded the lives of the villagers,maintained social stability,and alleviated the plight of the grass-roots of the country to a certain extent.When the problems of modern rural governance are frequently exposed,we should track back to the history and explore the motivation of Jiangnan squires participation in public welfare in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China,and seek its modern significance,so as to provide new thinking and understanding for today s rural governance.