The drought and locust plague of 942–944 AD in the Yellow River Basin, China
The drought and locust plague of 942–944 AD in the Yellow River Basin, China
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DOI：
10.1016/j.quaint.2014.11.053
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发表时间：
2016-02
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Jie Fei;Jie Zhou
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作者：
Jie Fei;Jie Zhou
干旱、蝗灾是给黄河流域带来破坏的灾害。在这里，我们使用中国的历史资料，研究严重的长期干旱和蝗灾在世纪中期。公元942年至944年，一场异常严重的干旱和随之而来的蝗灾席卷了中国的黄河流域。旱灾、蝗灾从公元942年开始发展为大灾害，公元943年加重，公元944年结束。旱灾和蝗灾造成大饥荒，黄河流域饿死的人口约占总人口的十分之一。我们认为，冰岛的Eldgjá火山喷发可能是造成这场旱灾的原因之一。火山爆发开始于公元934年左右，持续了三到八年。这是过去2000年来世界上最大的火山爆发之一。干旱和蝗灾的整个过程是：1）Eldgjá火山爆发导致突然降温和干旱; 2）干旱和蝗灾导致大饥荒; 3）饥荒导致大量死亡和国家危机。
Drought and locust plague are disasters that have brought destruction to the Yellow River Basin. Here, we use Chinese historical sources to study a severe prolonged drought and locust plague in the middle of the 10th century. From 942 to 944 AD, an exceptionally severe drought and accompanying locust plague swept through the Yellow River Basin of China. The drought and locust plague began and developed into a great disaster in 942 AD, and worsened in 943 AD, then ended in 944 AD. The drought and locust plague resulted in a great famine, and approximately one tenth of the total population of the Yellow River Basin starved to death. The Later Jin Dynasty (936–947 AD), a state in the region, thus fell into a national crisis.We suggest the prolonged Eldgjá eruption in Iceland as a possible cause of the drought. The eruption began circa 934 AD, and lasted for three to eight years. It was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the world during the past 2000 years. The whole process of the drought and locust plague was: 1) the Eldgjá eruption resulted in abrupt cooling and drought; 2) drought and a locust plague resulted in great famine; 3) the famine resulted in massive deaths and a national crisis.