光绪三十二年夏秋之交在苏北地区发生了一场特大的洪水灾害,正处于多事之秋的清政府在沿袭原有的救荒赈济措施的同时,迫于自身的乏力和当时的形势而采取了新的应对措施,更加广泛的借助民间的社会力量以及西方的援助,才能够顺利实现这次荒灾的救济,开创了灾荒救济的新渠道。 During the thirty-two years of Guangxu, there was an extraordinary flood disaster in northern Jiangsu. The Qing government, which was in a situation of troubles, adopted the original measures to provide relief for the victims and at the same time, forced itself by its own weakness and the current situation New coping measures, more extensive use of civil society forces and Western aid can smooth the relief of this famine and create a new channel for disaster relief.