Study Of The Taiping Food Storage And Supply System

The war is an immense material consuming. Although the military struggling is still of concern to strategies and tactics ,its final victory eventually depends on contrasts of material power in the two sides . In the age of war, the grain is one of the most important materials which are connected with the war's victory or failure. The grain barn's institutions of Tai Ping Heavenly Kingdom(1851-1864) played a most important role in Tai Ping revolution. This paper comprehensively investigates and expounds the grain barn's institutions of Tai Ping Heavenly Kingdom(1851-1864),which is still helpful to the survival and development of today's grain barn enterprises.This paper consists of introduction ,text and conclusion.In the introduction ,the author mainly analyzes the significance of the title ,sets forth the angle of thinking adopted in the paper and proves its feasibility.The text is made up of four sections. In the first section, the author mainly mentions on origin of the grain barn's institutions of Tai Ping Heavenly Kingdom(1851-1864). In the second section, the author expounds on resources of the grains and other materials in the Tai Ping revolution, trying to do some textual researches about historical relics such as tribute bills, grain lists and soil certificates. The third section is the emphasis of the paper. The author emphatically analyzes peculiarities, management systems and concrete implements of the grain barn's institutions in Tai Ping Heavenly Kingdom, initially making a contrast research between it and the Qing Dynasty's grain barn institutions. In the fourth section, the author explores relations between the grain barn's institutions and the fate of Tai Ping Heavenly Kingdom, emphatically analyzing subjective and objective reasons why the Tai Ping Heavenly Kingdom's grain supplies are insufficient, indicating a theme that it is an important reason why the Tai Ping revolution failed in the end.The conclusion outlined several beneficial inspirations that the grain barn's institutions of Tai Ping Heavenly Kingdom had provided to today's concerned, departments and grain barn enterprises, in order that we could make some minute contributions to the survival and development of today's grain barn enterprises.