The Han River On The Flood And The Government Relief Fund Measures

The article,making use of history ,history geography and climatology ,thinks only 98 flood disasters records are in the Han Dynasty of "Historical Records" , "the History of the Former Han Dynasty" , "the History of the Later Han Dynasty" and "a Comprehensive Mirror for the Aid of Government " .The flood disasters of the Han Dynasty had its characteristics .In breaking out of the periods, the periods of Gaohou,Yuandi ,Chengdi ,Guangwudi ,Hedi ,Andi and Lingdi were the eight high peak periods .The flood disasters broke out more in the Summer and the Autumn than in other seasons .In breaking out of the districts, the flood disasters mainly broke out in the northern region of China .In the northern region ,the flood disasters were main in the center region and the eastern region .In the Han Dynasty, there were many great flood disasters in records. There were some tide? ' disasters in records.Eighteen mighty inundations of the Rellow River took place.The reason is comprehensive.The Yangze River and the Han River broke out mighty inundations too, but the government merely concentrated on managing the Yellow River. In the Western Han Dynasty ,the measures of managing the Yellow River were not appropriated.Till the Eastern Han Dynasty ,Wangjing took the formers ' lessons .systematically managed the Yellow River .After then ,the government enhanced to govern the Yellow River.Because of the flood disasters, the Han Dynasty government was thoughtful of giving relief to the victims .The government took the advantage of centralization to exchange food with the victims in great district. Sometimes the government alleviated the taxes of the victims ,and so on .In a word, the Han Dynasty government did not completely solve the result of the flood disasters .The flood disasters increased vagabond persons in the last periods of the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, so ,the societies were more unpeaceful than in other periods .