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The Book of Qi Yaomin quoted 150 kinds of predecessors' works and recorded more than 30 agricultural proverbs. The book introduces the cultivation methods of crops, vegetables and fruit trees, the production of various economic trees, the utilization of wild plants, the breeding of livestock, poultry, fish and silkworms, the prevention and treatment of diseases, the processing of agricultural and sideline products and livestock products, the processing of wine and food, and even the production of stationery and daily necessities. And almost all agricultural production activities have been completed.
1, Study on Drought Resistance and Moisture Conservation in North China
2, cultivate improved varieties to improve the output and quality of agricultural and livestock products.
3. The seedling raising methods and young tree tending techniques such as vegetable planting, fruit tree and tree cutting, layering and grafting were introduced.
Historical position
1, a relatively complete agronomy system was established, and agronomy categories characterized by practicality were reasonably divided.
2. The technical points of dryland agriculture in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River are revealed incisively and vividly, and the basic farming measures such as ploughing, harrowing and ploughing are standardized.
3. Animal feeding technology, agricultural products processing, brewing, cooking and storage technology have been further improved, and many observation data on the growth and development of excellent plants and related agricultural technologies have been recorded.
In a word, Jia Sixie's The Book of Qi Yao Min is a comprehensive agricultural work and one of the earliest monographs in the world agricultural history. It is the most complete existing agricultural book in China, and occupies an important position in the agricultural history of China and even the world.
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Wang Zhen (127 1 year-1368) was born in Dongping (now Dongping, Shandong) in the Yuan Dynasty. China ancient agronomist and agricultural mechanic. He served as Yin in Jingde County, Xuanzhou (now Jingde County, Anhui Province) and as Yin in Yongfeng County, Xinzhou (now Guangfeng County, Jiangxi Province). During his time as an official, he did many good things for the people of the two places. At that time, people received rave reviews and praised him for "doing good for the people." Like many intellectuals in ancient China, Wang Zhen inherited the traditional idea of "agriculture-oriented" and thought that the primary political task of the country from the central to the local level was to grasp agricultural production. Finally, Wang Zhen compiled his rich experience in teaching people to farm and raise livestock, together with related works and materials collected by predecessors, into the Agricultural Book.
Wang Zhennong's book
Wang Zhennong's book was completed on 13 13. The text of the book consists of 37 episodes, 37 1 article, about 1, 300 words. It is divided into three parts: Nong Sang Tong Ji, Gu Bai Pu and Nong Qi Tu. Finally, the attached miscellaneous notes include two books: Living Room of Legal System and Making Movable Type Printing Calligraphy, which have little to do with agricultural production.
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Wang Zhen's agricultural books play an important role in China's ancient agricultural heritage.
1, and also discussed the northern agricultural technology and south china agriculture technology. On the basis of predecessors' work, the so-called generalized agricultural production knowledge is comprehensively and systematically discussed for the first time, and the traditional system of agriculture in China is put forward.
2. Since Wang Zhen's Agricultural Books, agricultural tools have been listed as an important part of comprehensive agricultural books.
3. Description of plant characters in Baigupu.
4. "Making movable type printing calligraphy" in the appendix of Wang Zhennong's Book is a summary of Wang Zhen's successful method and experience of printing Jingdezhen county annals with more than 30,000 kinds of wooden movable types carved by craftsmen and a rotary typesetting plate invented by himself, which can reduce the fatigue of typesetters and improve efficiency. Although it has nothing to do with agricultural production, it is a great contribution to printing and typesetting technology.