TITLE:
The Primary Exploration of the Human-Land Relationships in Dong Xiang County of Sichuan in the Mid-Qing Dynasty
AUTHORS:
Meng Wang
KEYWORDS:
The Mid-Qing Dynasty, Sichuan, Dong Xiang County, The Human-Land Relationships
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Historical Studies,
Vol.8 No.2,
March
28,
2019
ABSTRACT: There are many causes for white lotus rebellion occurred
in Dong Xiang county in Sichuan province in the mid-Qing Dynasty. For example, more
people and less land, low average yield and lack of effective measures to withstand
natural disasters. Though the royal government exempted the taxes and duties
many times, the lower class still lived with hardship. The contradictions
between the officials and the people were intensified by the greedy local
officials’ blackmail, and as a result, the rebellion leaded by Wang San-Huai broke
out.