Promotion Emperor’s Benevolence-Research On Tianjin Guangren Tang And Its Women And Children Charities In The End Of Qing Dynasty

In modern China, along with the contact between China and the West, theconcept of charity in Western society--upbringing and carrot--is becoming ofconcern for the Chinese people. As charitable practice of the Western Church as wellas missionaries in China, the Chinese people have a more direct understanding ofupbringing and carrot. Some thought leaders began to reflect the traditional Chineseconcept of charitable relief, they need to change that the traditional Chinese moreraise and less teach charity idea, thus charitable thoughts began the moderntransformation.The Charity Relief rise of late Qing, makes the traditional Chinese charitablebreakthrough geographical restrictions. In the early years of Guangxu, the North ofChina was suffering Ding-Wu Famine, the Southern gentry come to North to putRelief. In Northern disaster area, women and children serious phenomenon oftrafficking, the Southern gentry adoption fund raising to the creation of a dedicatedresettlement agencies, established Tianjin Hejian Guangren Tang.This paper focus on Tianjin Guangren Tang case, the core reference is Volumeof Tianjin Guangren Tang, the main reference as local history, newspapers andmagazines.This paper analysis from Guangren Tang`s established, initial set, otheragencies settings and the leading agencies, capital raising. From this six aspects of thephilanthropy of good production management with the women and children, analysisGuangren Tang, trying to show the whole picture of this period Guangren Tang andin the changing timesunder Guangren Tang, as well as the women and children theyare engaged philanthropy to explore possible social development.Guangren Tang`s establishment is established in the era of historic change ofChinese charitable relief. It has been set up on the performance of organizations themorphological and institutions constitute. Unlike traditional Charitable Houses,Guangren Tang founded in the north from the south who adoptions northern disaster area women and children, a variety of institutional settings which implement theconcept of "upbringing and carrot".Followed by all kinds of institutions have been established, Guangren Tangorganization connotations are much more rich from different aspects, than it able toexpand its range of charitable aid. But it have some problems, such as too oftenbecause the leaders of the replacement, which led charity dropout phenomenon.Guangren Tang had three total directors and three Vice Chairman, they jointlyresponsible for the management mechanism is established. After consolidation, theestablishment of the total directors and certain value of total annual Directors jointlyresponsible for the incumbent in leadership mechanism. In Late Qing period,Guangren Tang leadership institutions with total directors consists of sitting to do, sitto do consists of the Church Board and gentry, so that the management agenciesincreasingly standardized.Guangren Tang funds mainly come from private and official, Guangren Tanguse these funds acquisited a large number of real estate and real estate, andestablished a special institution to these good production management andmaintenance, which has obtained the good effect.The adoption of women and children is the main content of the charity activitiesof Guangren Tang, from foundation to collapse dynasty, its always trying to practicethe charity relief concept of upbringing and carrot, from the force field, process tofemale factory, kindergarten, none of this concept to the reaction.