The Charity Of Jiangnan Area In The Middle Of Qing Dynasty

In the middle of Qing Dynasty , especially in Jiaqing and Daoguang eras , the political situations were turbulent , and the economy experienced depression, and the hazards happened frequently . The whole society faced up to more and more social rescue problems. The Popular Charity raised up to a climax with the government's rescue ability became decline . The Gentry played an important role in the process of the charity, which was quite typical in Jiangnan Area .Pan Zengyi , an outstanding gentry of Jingnan Area in Daoguang era, carried out various charity not only by his own efforts, but cooperated with other philanthropists. So he gave more important effects on the whole charity of Jiangnan.The paper , focused on Pan Zengyi , summarizes his charity activities , analyzes his philanthropy thoughts and sums up the impacts on the future charity resulted from his activities . Thus the paper gives a clear idea about the charity development in this era and offers a benefit for the further study in the future.