Study On Social Assistance To Families Of The Tang Dynasty

In ancient agricultural China,agricultural economy was the main body of the national economy.The rural household was the most basic and important constituent part of traditional agricultural society,at the same time,it was also the most grassroots production organization. The peasants were the major undertakers of taxes and corvee and military service.Consequently, the social assistance to the rural household to prevent them from bankrupting was the fundamental to stablize the society and develop production.In 289AD of Tang Dynasty,there were a lot of natural disasters,wars,diseases and uneasy social environments,but the whole country still reached its prosperity.The perfect social assistance system played an important role in the nation's development.The social assistance to the peasants by the central government,the relation of positive interaction between the government and peasants helped the rural household run properly and stablize the society,all of them have laid a solid foundation for the properity of the whole nation.This paper will explain the detailed social assistance to the peasants by the central government based on the relationship between the central govemment of Tang Dynasty and the rural household.The rural household was the most basic and important constituent part of the agricultural society,and it was also the grassroots production organization.The social assitance to the rural household was fundamental for the stablization of the whole society.There were profound reasons for the social assistance to the rural household under that specific historical background. The natural disasters,wars,diseases and frontier instability have made a strong impact on the lives of the peasants,caused the whole society to be in turmoil and even the whole nation was in danger.As a result,the central government took extensive and strong measures to protect the interests of the peasants.The storage system helped the peasants sustain the normal production and everyday life.The relief and reduction measures of disasters guaranteed the sustainable development of the rural household,and relevant laws and supervisory systems were made to make sure the implements of these measures.In the paper,the author will review the money circulation,money control,money supply and the struggle against unlawful money in Tang Danasty,highlighting the positive role of currency policy in social assistance to the rural household.The perfect social assistance system helped the normal operation of the rural household,provided stable taxes and corvee and soliers for the government,in this way,the development of various social undertakings were kept in good order.Since the rural household was the basis of the whole nation in Tang Danasty,the asistence to the peasants and the support of the benign circle of simple reproduction were key to the prosperity of every undertakings of the nation.Thanks to the perfect social assistance system,the prosperous "Zhen Guan Zhi Zhi" and "Kai Yuan Sheng Shi" emerged in Tang Danasty,what's more,the international influence of Tang Danasty spread to the whole world,laying its political, economical and cultural foundation in the world history.Consequently,we all need to realize and learn something from the the social assistance system of Tang Danasty.