Ancient Chinese traditional social security and charitable undertakings

Author: Wang Weiping
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book provides a preliminary review of the history of traditional social security in ancient China, with a particular focus on examining the social security policies formulated by the government during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the community-centered charitable undertakings organized by civil society, and the relief measures implemented by clans for impoverished members within the clan.