陈炽的水利河防思想

陈炽注重商业而不偏废农政，对水利河防尤为关注。他指出水利河防不兴则“民必贫窘”，分析水利河防不兴缘于教养缺失、生态不平衡、官僚腐败。提出的具体解决方案是：溯河而上、节节推进；开渠种树，标本兼治；效法英法等国，汇通中西，择善而从；官民共治，以官为主。

Chengchi's Water Conservancy and Flood Prevention Projects Thoughts

Chengchi paid attention to commerce as well as agriculture, especially water conservancy and flood prevention projects. He thought that if water conservancy and flood prevention projects couldnt be built,the people would be in straitened circum-stances. And he analyzed that the reasons of the decline of water conservancy and flood prevention projects were caused by the lack of culture,the corruption of bureaucrats, the ecological disturbance. His solving plan was going up stream and carrying for-ward step by step, opening up waterways and planning trees, tackling the problem on the surface and at the root, learning from western countries, such as British and France, combining Chinese and western, rate of increase, harness between officials and the masses, giving priority to officials.