Charity and benevolent policy: a study on Jiangnan charity in Song Dynasty

Jiangnan social charity in Song Dynasty was very advanced,it incarnated concertratively the prosperity of both the official and the civilian charity.The government drove the progress of the social charity by founding charity institutions,setting up charity barns,carrying through lash-up salvation,while the civilians promoted the development of the social charity by establishing charity organizations,actualizing salvation between clansmen and donating the personal proper to act charitably.Jiangnan social charity in Song Dynasty had characteristics of earlier instauration,larger scale, completer facilities and more beneficial paupers.The reason why Jiangnan social charity in Song Dynasty developed quickly was that the government attached greatly importance to the charity,flourishing economy,the ancient charity ideology influenced,and each personage participated actively in the social charity.