Qin And Han Natural Disaster Research

The natural disasters happened frequently in Qin and Han Dynasties. The quantity and frequency of the natural disasters increased very quickly with the time passing. There were much more natural disasters took place in the capital area and economic developed area, while during the east Han Dynasty more and more natural disasters appeared to the south of ChangJiang River region. Because more disasters happened nearly at the same time, their destroy became much heavier. The reasons which caused the disasters were not only the irresistible natural elements but also the climate changes and the ecology destroy as well. The capabilities of dealing with natural disasters were improved greatly which embodied the ability of the central government to control and relief the natural disasters. In spite of the limitation of productivity forces and corruption of the officials, the results of control and relief the natural disasters were not as good as expected. After the natural disasters, people had little food and few houses. They even fled away from their hometowns and put up rebelling. To certain extent, the Disaster Theory promoted the natural science development. But it brought much harmful effect on the natural science. The Disaster Theory carried forward the idea tradition of a Hundred Schools of Thought. It was the beginning of the trend of Thought of the Social Criticism.