By the origin of aids, the relieves consisted of court relief, official relief, populace relief; by the ways of relieving, the gratuitous aids, free tax system or tax decreasing, lowering the prices, job offering or relief fund were included.

Yizhen,or disaster-relief,was a form of charity famine relief organized by the gentries in the areas south to the Yangtze river during late Qing dynasty when the nation was declining day and day,which showed middle or low officers political ambition and ability to manage social affairs.