A Case Study on Huizhou Merchants' Contribution to Flood Relief in the Huizhou Area in 1908 from the Perspective of Public Media

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,Huizhou merchants played an important role in the development of Huizhou area.There broke out terrible mountain torrent disaster in Huizhou in 1908.The huizhou merchants deployed a cosmically relieve action immediately.Huizhou merchants in Shanghai utilized countrymen network fully and took on the leading part.From delivering the notification on newspaper,Huizhou merchants in the big cities donated bountifully.We should be ware,the officials and gentlemen in Huizhou were all inclined to depending on the merchants and the interplayed process enhanced the efficiency of relieve.Compared to the donation of the merchants,the official finance had taken on the slight function.Moreover,this relieve action provided an appropriate example for analyzing non-governmental philanthropic relief in late Qing Dynasty.