China was dominated by agriculture in ancient times. What progress has been made in science?

Today's agriculture has gradually realized mechanization, and the invention of seeder, harvester and transplanter has greatly reduced the burden on farmers and reduced the labor cost. With the development of science and technology, more and more entrepreneurs contract farmland and become large contractors to realize mechanized management. Agricultural progress is gradual, and all the agricultural knowledge we farmers have learned today has been handed down by the ancients. In ancient times, the policy of emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce has been implemented. Before the invaders opened the country, we were a self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy, and the rulers also attached great importance to the development of agriculture. So what progress did China make in science in ancient times when agriculture was the mainstay? Mainly production tools, production technology, that is, books.

The first is the production tools, and the ancient agricultural production tools are constantly changing. From the earliest slash-and-burn and stone hoeing to Niu Geng. The invention of Qu Yuan's plow marks the traditional stereotype of China, and farmers' labor is more time-saving and labor-saving. In the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the rulers built water conservancy projects to prevent irrigation and further development of agriculture. The continuous innovation of production tools shows us the infinite wisdom of the ancients.

Over the past two thousand years, there have been 376 kinds of agricultural books in China, which can be divided into two categories: comprehensive agricultural books and professional agricultural books. What are the more famous? Four agricultural books? , namely, The Book of Bi Sheng, The Book of Qi Yaomin, The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration and Wang Zhen's Agricultural Book. Jia Sixie's The Book of Qi Yao Min is the most important agricultural work in the world. He is hands-on and takes agronomy seriously. On the basis of previous agronomy research, Xu Guangqi's Encyclopedia of Agricultural Administration in Ming Dynasty continued his own research results. Looking back on the excellent books on agronomy, we can see that the stars in the vast Xinghai are the crystallization of ancient wisdom. Although we are technologically advanced and mechanized today. But we have to admit that we are standing on the shoulders of the wisdom of the ancients and opening up a new world of agriculture.