The Research On Jing Hang Great Canal Of Ming Dynasty

The Great Canal of Ming Dynasty was harnessed most effectively and played the most important role in Acient China. Although there were some failures during its harnessing, the harnessing of Ming Canal generally achieved the desived results. The harnessing of Ming Canal not only brought a great effect on the politics, economy, trade-business and so on in Ming Dynasty but also produced the valuble expierence for later ages. The essay sythetically probed into Ming Canal's harnessing and its historical position in order to present some references for developing the values of Great Canal in the course of the construction of the four modernization. It consists of six parts.Part 1 probled into the harnessing of Ming Canal in turn. It fully affirmed and highly valued the positive results of Ming Canal' s harnessing from two aspects, part and whole, at the same time, pointing out its negative outcomes.Part 2 set forth the effect of Ming Canal's harnessing on the agriculture pro and con.Part 3 vertically looked into the important task of caoyun undertaken by Ming Canal and summed it up.Part 4 analyzed and concluded the trade-business' activities through Ming Canal from two aspects.Part 5 researched the rising and development of the cities and towns along Ming Canal in length and analyzed the causes of their rising and development from a connecting link between the preceding and the following.From those concerned-politics, economy, military and what not, part 6 discussed the function of consolidating national defense and upholding national unification by Ming Canal.