南宋时期士人逐渐成为地方公益的主要参与力量,这缘于南宋地方财政的普遍不足,加上某些地方官员因循苟且推诿地方公益,致使某些地方公益事业在某段时期内出现真空,这就迫使地方官员需要寻找其他势力的协助才能完成。由于胥吏声名狼藉,官员与士人在文化上的共通就使得士人成为地方官员首选的合作群体。 Scholars in the Southern Song Dynasty gradually became the major contributors to local public welfare. This was due to the general lack of local finance in the Southern Song Dynasty. Coupled with the local public officials’ perseverance in certain areas, public utilities in some places experienced a vacuum during a certain period of time. Forcing local officials to look for other forces to help complete. Due to the notoriety of officials and officials, the cultural commonalities between officials and scholars make Scholars became the preferred cooperative group of local officials.