Research On Tao Shu's Administrative Documents

The reigns of Jiaqing and Daoguang was on the eve of the transition of Chinese history from the Middle Ages to modern times.The crisis of transportation of the Tribute Grain was the focus of the contradiction of the collapse of public functions during this period.The original river transportation system tended to collapse during the reigns of Jiaqing and Daoguang,which needed to be reformed urgently.Tao Shu is a representative of the secular school in the middle and late period of Qing Dynasty.He has successively served as the governor of transportation of the Tribute Grain,the governor of Anhui,the governor of Jiangsu,and the governors of Liangjiang.During the the reigns of Jiaqing and Daoguang,Jiangnan water affairs,which had serious malpractices,was the background of Tao Shu's paperwork.The documents about affairs of the Tribute Grain are the documents written by Tao Shu and related to the collection and transportation of the Tribute Grain.The styles mainly include the memorial to the throne,announcement,Zhuwen,prefaces,etc.The content covers many aspects such as patrolling Tribute Grain in Huaian,pushing on the sea transportation,and reforming the evils of the system of the collection and transportation of the Tribute Grain.From the specific content of the document,you can perceive the overall idea of the river transportation reform,clarify the reasons for the success of the sea transportation and its impact on the current situation of the Daoguang Dynasty,and understand the challenges of the river transportation reform to interest group of the river transportation.Through the study of the style of documents,we can explore the relationship between the style of writing and the academic style during the the reigns of Jiaqing and Daoguang,Tao Shu 's own academic background and his official practice.And we also can analyze the style of Tao Shu 's service documents that integrates solidity,reason and emotion.Traits.Taoshu's documents fo the reforms of the Grain Tribute System focused on the reform of transportation of the Tribute Grain during the reigns of Jiaqing and Daoguang,showing the true social outlook and prominent political crisis of the Qing dynasty during this period,and also highlighting the limitations of Tao Shu's reforms,which are the practice of the secular reforms in later generations.Provides valuable reference value.