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Research on the Qing Dynasty's money and food deficit involves many issues such as the bureaucracy, its administration, and finance. This manuscript starts from the phenomenon, causes, compensation and other issues of money and food shortages, sorting out the various states of national finance in local existence from the middle of Kangxi to the Jiaqing Dynasty for more than 250 years. It is used to explore the national political system and the operation of power and financial resources in the political process, as well as the interest relationship between the state and bureaucrats, and bureaucratic groups. It also touches on issues such as human nature, character, and the reasonable legitimacy of institutional settings. The writing path of this book is basically in chronological order, divided into eight chapters to discuss the important issues and particularities of each dynasty in clearing up the money and food deficit.

Wang Sizhi (1929-2012), a famous Chinese historian and a well-respected scholar in the field of Qing history. He has many incisive expositions and arguments on the periodization of ancient Chinese history, the issue of upright officials in feudal society, the historical status of the Qing Dynasty, succession to the throne, clan organization and other issues, showing a macroscopic view of history, clear thinking, profound theory and superb thinking. This book is a collection of academic seminars commemorating the 85th birthday of Mr. Wang Sizhi. It recalls every detail of Mr. Wang Sizhi's life and shows all aspects of China in the Qing Dynasty from a macro perspective.