Adv. Clim. Change Res., 2011, 7 4 253J258 253.nullnonmarkingreturn “.null7.null.null4.null2011.null7.null ADVANCES IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCHVo l. 7 No. 4July 2011.null.null.null.null.null.null.nullnonmarkingreturn “1673-1719 2011 04-0253-06.nullnonmarkingreturn “ 2 School of Geography, Beijing NormalUniversity, Beijing 100875, China; 3 Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, ChinaAbstract Based on the record of revolting events in Actual Annals of Qing Dynasty a collection of official records,the frequency amount of counties where revolting events happened every year of revolting events during the QingDynasty 1644J1911 in North China plain is reconstructed. By comparing revolting events series with temperatureand precipitation series, the interaction between climate change and social responses are analyzed. The conclusionsare as follows. Revolting events broke out more frequently in colder periods, while less in warmer periods. Therewere much more revolting events in drought decades than in wet decades, and the three fatal revolting events wereall ignited by severe droughts. The impacts of temperature and precipitation change on revolting events should beestimated at different time scales. In the late Qing Dynasty, the correlation between revolting events and climatechange became more and more significant, along with the contradiction between population and land area becomingincreasingly intense.Key words Qing Dynasty; North China Plain; revolting event; climate change.nullnonmarkingreturn . .nullnonmarkingreturn “[J]. .nullnonmarkingreturn , 1989 12 10J13.nullnonmarkingreturn . .nullnonmarkingreturn “*,-[J]. .nullnonmarkingreturn , 1982,1 2 8J15.nullnonmarkingreturn , .nullnonmarkingreturn , .nullnonmarkingreturn , .null. .nullnonmarkingreturn1380.null1989.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn [C]// .nullnonmarkingreturn , .nullnonmarkingreturn . .nullnonmarkingreturn “*,.nullnonmarkingreturn “. .nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn “, 1993 41J54.nullnonmarkingreturn . .nullnonmarkingreturn “[M]. .nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn “, 1996406J425.nullnonmarkingreturn . .nullnonmarkingreturn “.null5.null.null.nullnonmarkingreturn [M]. .nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn “,2001 1J971.nullnonmarkingreturn . .nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn [M]. .nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn , 20081J761.nullnonmarkingreturn, .nullnonmarkingreturn , .nullnonmarkingreturn, .null. .nullnonmarkingreturn “[M]. .nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn , 1995 1J153.nullnonmarkingreturn . .nullnonmarkingreturn “[J]. .nullnonmarkingreturn “, 1995 122J44.nullnonmarkingreturn, .nullnonmarkingreturn . .nullnonmarkingreturn “*[J]. .nullnonmarkingreturn , 20102 143J155.nullnonmarkingreturn. .nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn “ .nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn [J]. .nullnonmarkingreturn , 2008 1 60J68.nullnonmarkingreturn. .nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “[J]. .nullnonmarkingreturn “, 19974 32J39[24][25][22][23][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]