Livehood And Social Condition Of The Boundary Of Sichuan, Hubei And Shanxi Province

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the secret society , as a huge revolt strength, has grown fastly. White Lotus Society in Chuan Chu Shan during is vastest. The uprising lasts for nine years. It's the first year of 1796 to break out, and 1805 to end. Swepting through the vast region of Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Henan provinces, it's a heavy blow to the rulers. So it's the turning point of the Qing Dynasty from prosperity to decline period. In hundreds of various types secret society, why White Lotus Society has such a wide range of social mobilization power and great influence? The organization and force of White Lotus Society,located in Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian and Taiwan provinces. Why only the white lotus society followers in the region of Chuan Chu, launched the intifada less than one year later? This question is worth of the thought of us.To solve this problem, we must start the reseach at the birthplace of White Lotus Society uprising. This paper study at the birthplace of White Lotus Society, that is the boundary of Sichuan. In this article, we inspect issues of environmental resources, structure of socioeconomic, living status in grass-roots society, relations between the effect of government functions and social unrest, and reveal the underlying causes of the outbreak of the uprising, from economic, cultural, political multi-aspects.This paper is divided into four parts:Partâ… : Introduce the basic theory of White Lotus Society, outlined the general process of White Lotus Society uprising, define the scope of the study for Nanbalaolin at the boundary of the Chu-Shan, and analyze the geographical situation.Partâ…¡: Inspect the population, sources of livelihood, living standards, security, and other basic livelihood issues, in the region of Chuan Chu Shan.Partâ…¢: Probe the social situation, the role of the traditional means of social control, the deterioration of factors for social instability, the missing of government functions, and the filling of White Lotus Society to the vacuum.Conclusions: White Lotus Society uprising's political and economic reasons: survive pressure, social unrest, the missing of government functions, and other factors have led to the uprising occurred.