The origin and causes of the Chinese idea of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce

Before Shang Yang's change of law, Qin's attitude towards agriculture and commerce was not supportive or opposed

Economically backward

After the change of law, Qin's economy was improved due to the emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce, the abolition of the well-field and the opening of the roadway, the unification of the currency and the weights and measures, and the incentives for cultivation and war, which contributed to social stability and favored the development of a small, subsistence farming economy

Economic backwardness

Reasons for the emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce

Foundations for the basic position of agriculture Ancient China's economy was based on the small peasant economy, which was conducive to the maintenance of feudal and authoritarian state power (peasants were the main bearers of the national tax burden, and it was necessary to keep them stable)

In the early feudal period, it played a positive role in favor of the development of agriculture, which was beneficial to the consolidation of the country's economic base, and helped to stabilize the people's mind and maintain the country's political stability

In the late feudal period, it played a negative role in the development of agriculture. The social and economic vitality was inhibited, especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which seriously hindered the development of capitalism and thus economic development

Before the change of law, the origin of the merchants, craftsmen, self-production and self-sale of goods had a low social status and little social influence

The relationship between the scholars and the nobility was the Western Zhou feudalism system of the Zhou Emperor-Zhouzhi - the vassals - the Qing dynasty - the scholars

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