中文摘要：

中国历史时期气候变化对社会的影响为当前历史地理研究中的前沿科学问题,而清代（1644-1911年）是研究开展最为系统、成果最为丰硕的历史时段。本文从农业生产、经济、人口、社会动乱等4个主要方面梳理了清代气候变化的社会影响研究进展,兼及同期重大气候事件和历史事件案例,总结了研究的特点和优势所在（定量研究成果丰富、研究时空尺度多元化、深入气候影响的过程机理层面）,在此基础上展望了未来研究趋势：（1）完善气候变化影响链条;（2）加强区域综合研究;（3）推动跨学科集成研究。

英文摘要：

The impacts on human society of the past climate change in China is a frontier problem of historical geography research. Among all the dynasties in Chinese history, study on climatic impact in the Qing dynasty is the most systematic and fruitful. In this paper, the research progress of social impacts of climate change in the Qing dynasty is reviewed from four main aspects： agricultural produc- tion, economy, population, and social upheaval. Furthermore, the social impacts of climatic ex- tremes, and the climatic factors in important historical events are discussed. The features and advan- tages of the previous research could be concluded as follows： plentiful and substantial quantitative re- search, multiple spatial and temporal scales, and the exploration of process and mechanism how cli- mate change impacted human society. On this basis, a perspective analysis on the research trend is made： （1） the chain of interaction between climate and society would be further improved; （2） region- al integrated research would be more emphasized; （3） cross--disciplinary research would be further promoted.