Agrarian Thought in Qimin Yaojutsu

Agronomical Ideas in Qimin Yaojue: ① Localization ② Diversification ③ Commodity production.

1, "The Essentials of Qi Min" is a comprehensive agricultural book written by Jia Si Fo of the Northern Wei Dynasty of China, and one of the earliest monographs in the history of the world's agronomy. It is the earliest and most complete agricultural book existing in China.

2, "qimin yaojutsu" was written around the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty (533-534), systematically summarizes the experience of agricultural and animal husbandry production in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River before the 6th century, the processing and storage of foodstuffs, and the use of wild plants, which had a significant impact on the development of ancient Chinese agronomy.

3. The summary of Qimin Yaojiao:

1. It summarized the agricultural production experience of the Han people in the north.　

2. Introduced the production techniques and methods of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, by-products and fisheries.　

3. It emphasizes that agricultural production should follow the laws of nature, and that crops must be planted according to the location without missing the farming season.　

4. Advocating the improvement of production techniques and tools.

Qi Min Yao Shu Introduction:

Qi Min Yao Shu, a work of agricultural technology and agricultural science, written by Jia Si-feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The book has 10 volumes and 92 articles.　

Jia Si-fo's exact date of birth and death is unknown, and he lived from about the second half of the 5th century to the middle of the 6th century AD. He wrote the "Qimin Yaojutsu", absorbing the results of the previous agronomic research, the 6th century AD before the northern part of China's agricultural production technology for a comprehensive and systematic summary, reflecting the positive progress of agronomic thought, is China's earliest existing encyclopedic work of agricultural science and nuclear technology, but also the world's history of agricultural science is rare and valuable books.