救荒活民:清末民初以前中国荒政书考论

本文系作者为《中国荒政书集成》(天津古籍出版社2010年版)所做序言略加修改而成。在充分借鉴国内外已有研究成果的基础上,作者对荒政书的内涵与外延作出新的界定,进而对清末民初以前中国荒政书的总目(包括现存、已佚及外人著译类)进行全面考订,同时从内容和形式两个方面较为系统地梳理了中国荒政书的编纂体系及其演进的脉络,对由此反映的中国救荒思想与救荒制度的延续与变动也做了概要性的论述,具有一定的参考价值。

Research on Chinese Famine Relief Books Published before the 20th Century

This paper was originally written as the preface of Zhong guo huang zheng shu ji chengCollection of Chinese Famine Relief Books(Tianjin Guji Chubanshe 2010) and is slightly revised.The author makes a new definition for theFamine Relief Booksby thoroughly examining the complete catalogue of the Famine Relief Books before the 20t h century.The compilation and the evolution of Chinese Famine Relief Books is also systematically combed and may be taken as a reference for the historical study of Chinese famine re...