能否合理有效地治理灾荒,往往关系到社会的稳定.以中国古代社会化解对灾荒危机的对策为视点,北宋无疑是最成功的朝代之一.北宋政府未雨绸缪地通过创仓建储制度,制定自愿原则为前提的“劝分”政策,采取以儒家德政为基础的王道治理方式,不仅成功地化解了荒政时期潜在的社会风险,更为后世提拱了解决因灾荒引发的社会危机问题可资借鉴的方式和成功案例,对当下社会治理具有深远的意义.
The efficient handling of famines is related to the social stability. The Northern Song Dynasty is one of the most successful ones in China in ancient times in terms of famine - eradication. The Imperial Court of the Northern Song Dynasty got well prepared for famine through the establishment of storehouses, the share policy on a voluntary basis, and the administration with Confucian morality, which reduced the famine risks and provided a successful example for famine - eradication with much theoretical and practical value.