The Research On The Social Relief Thought And Practice Of Zhou Kongjiao

In the Middle and late Ming Dynasty, natural disasters occurred frequently. In order to control disasters effectively, and relief for the victims of the disasters, the rulers of the Ming dynasty and scholars had put forward a lot of relief policies and measures, which formed the abundant thoughts of social relief and appeared a lot of literature about it. According to the previous experience and the specific situation at that time, he carried out a series of reforms and innovations. Under his efforts, he formed a set of unique and complete social relief thoughts. In the aspect of disaster prevention and preparedness, he emphasized for advance preparation, as he thought it is the key to solve the problem of famine in reserves, and it is helpful to ensure that the food supply is enough, which may enhance the people’s resistance against natural disasters.He advocated maintaining people’s basic life by amassing library product, advised to rich and auditing product storage.In the disaster relief, he advocated a certain rewards and punishments measures to stimulate the enthusiasm of disaster relief officials. He payed attention to business ideas, and use the law of commodity economy to adjust the market, which may stabilize the price of goods to ensure the livelihood of the people. On the basis of verification victims of disaster situations, Zhou Kongjiao took different relief measures for the victims of the each are not identical. In the aspect of post-disaster recovery, he took various measures to maintain social stability. He also pay attention to the social customs of the city, and promote the development of the society. Zhou Kongjiao’s thoughts and practice about the social relief were systematic and complex. Through the analysis of the causes for Zhou Kongjiao’s thoughts and the preliminary analysis of the its social relief measures,we can get some preliminary understanding about the implementation and development of the social relief in the Ming dynasty by analyzing his thoughts and practice. It can also be used for today’s social relief institutions which may provide some enlightenment and reference.