財政処の設立とそのスタッフについて
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The Ts'ai-cheng ch'u 財政処 was established in 1903 during the new regime period after the Boxer Incident to be a specialized agency for implementing fiscal reform, and was active over a period of four years. This was the point of departure for China's fiscal modernization, but clespite its great significance in this connection, neither the composition nor the functions of the Ts'ai-cheng ch'u have been made clear. In the present article I deal with the Ts'ai-cheng ch'u's composition, and have attempted individual investigation of the staff menbers assembled there. The staff members assembled at the Ts'ai-cheng ch'u numbered twelve in all, and they may be classified as follows ; there were those who had acquired their expertise in fiscal affairs while serving as officials in the Ministry of Revenue (Hu-pu 戸部) ; and those who had been recommended by Chang Chih-tung 張之洞, Liu K'un-i 劉坤一, Yuan Shih-k'ai 袁世凱 and other enthusiastic promoters of the new regime within the bureaucracy. In general they were young officials of superior ability. Further, the investigation of these staff members reveals two striking characteristics. First, Prince Ch'ing (Ch'ing Ch'in-wang 慶親王) and Ch'u Hung-chi 瞿鴻〓, who had established the Ts'ai-cheng ch'u and subsequently became its heads, stood in a relationship of political antagonism towards each other. Secondly, Na-t'ung 那桐 and other members of the staff were in receipt of strong support from Japan. It would seem that one should pay attention to these two characteristics when examining the functions of the Ts'ai-cheng ch'u. The present article, in accordance with its aim of securing one area of the foundations for the study of the new regime, has gone no further than to elucidate the details of the establishment of the Ts'ai-cheng ch'u, and its composition.
- 1978-04-20