清朝后期湖南旱灾大多为插花性干旱,较少发生全省性大范围干旱。旱灾造成的影响和损失与干旱延续的时间成正比。若发生在春季耕种期会延误农时;若发生在夏秋农作物生成期会导致庄稼失收或绝收;旱灾造成粮价上涨,还会诱发疫灾和蝗灾;严重的旱灾可能威胁人民的基本生存条件,造成人口死亡、社会恐慌和动荡。 In the late Qing Dynasty, most of the drought in Hunan was flower arrangement drought, with less occurrence of large-scale drought in the whole province. The effects and losses caused by drought are directly proportional to the duration of the drought. If occurred in the spring will delay the farming period; if occurred in the summer and fall crops will lead to crop failure or harvest; drought caused by rising food prices, but also induce epidemic and locust plague; serious drought may threaten people’s basic living conditions, Causing deaths, social panic and turmoil.