A Study On Dong Wei's Famine Relief For Better Well Being Of The People

Books on Famine Relieffor Better Well Being of The People is a encyclopedia on famine relief.It was compiled by Dong Wei in the Southern Song Dynasty.This book has great impact on researches and later books on famine relief activities.Firstly,This paper bases on original version of Books on Famine Relieffor Better Well Being of The People,deeply analyses the background of the book,Systematically illustrates its style.Secondly,This paper reveals the historical information from the perspective of literature sources.In addition,The paper teases out the pros and cons of past dynasties' famine relief by deeply analyses the literature contents,famine relief measures,laws and documents in Song Dynasty,points out the false but unknown questions of famine relief in Song Dynasty.Finally,The paper details the book's role in making up the loss of history books and keeping literatures on famine relief in Song Dynasty.It also points out some deficiencies.For example,certain historical records were wrong and some content arrangement unreasonable.