The Economic History Of China With Special Reference To Agriculture 1921 476 P 1 Tabl Ht

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...Tien for sowing as well as for cultivation. It was claimed that this was the first time in history that the Chu Tien method was adopted for sowing, as all previous references only mention it for cultivation. 4. Emperor Hsien Chung or Shen Chung. REFERENCE; Kin Book, chapter on the Emperor. An edict was issued discontinuing the use of the Zen Kau (a water-wheel device for rolling, grinding and thrashing) and ordering that the water be used for irrigation. REFERENCE: Kin History, chapter on Kao Yu-Li. Reign Jen Yu, third year: The government moved the soldier families (families having adults who were soldiers) from Ho-Peh 3 to Honan. But the rentals from the official or government land (in Honan) were 1 The stripping of the fields was first practised by Yi Yuan, prime minister to Emperor Tang, first emperor of Yin D-y-nasty, 1766-1754 B. C., for the purpose of alleviating drought conditions. 2 If his land' was near a river, so that plenty of water was attainable. ' North of Yellow River, Shansi, Chili. ' South of Yellow River, Honan. not sufiicient to supply 1 these soldier families. So the emperor ordered the minister to send out ofiicers to different districts in Honan, in order to call together those elders of the villages, and to receive opinions from them whether it would be better for the government to increase the rent on the ofiicial land or to take out some of the official land from the hands of the people and to give it to the soldier families to cultivate. When these ofiicers came back from their mission, they all reported the opinion of the farming people as follows: " In recent years, we farmers (tenants on the government land) have already suffered the heavy burden of rent and taxes. If the government...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX Sung Dynasty, 960-1276 A. D. I. Sung Dynasty, in general Reference: Written Dialogues at the Dreaming Brooks (Mon Chi Be Tan). Adoption of mud fertilization. Historical records--" with one load of water from the King River (Shensi) and with several do of mud from the river side, the fertilization and irrigation are applied to raise up our rice fields and millet." Reference: Yeh Tsing Chen, Pity on Farmers (a poem). The fields are full of hollow ears, and there is no good harvest. Reference: Liu Ping (active 1041-1048). There was no harvest last year; and the wheat crop results in famine also this year.... The plains in the country are just as red as jer (red color), and of the whole planting of the rice crop nothing is left. Whether it is crop or weeds, it is impossible to tell, and all over the four sides there grow all kinds of weeds. Reference: Wu Ta Chung (1068-), Normally Constant Granary. In this report to the emperor Wu Ta Chung tells of the luxury of the period among the rich, as the eating of meat, the wearing of silks and embroideries and riding in carriages, etc. He blames the bad conditions to this extravagance, in a similar vein to the complaints found in ancient Rome. 263 263 Reference: Liang Tao (1068). Urging the relief of conditions, Liang Tao reports to the emperor that " the people have been exhausted for a long time and yet the years are poor again and again." Reference: Shang Kwan Twain, Petition for the Restoration of the Charity Granary. The Charity Granary System was adopted by Emperor Wenti of Sui Dynasty and also by Emperor Tai Chung of Tang (second emperor of Tang). In the tenth year of Emperor Sun Chung (Wong An Shih's period) the government began to consider the old system of the Sui and Tang...

First published in 1957. This volume provides a broad survey of economic progress in China from 1949 to 1952 and covers the historical background, China's economic system, industralisation and planning, the first Five Year Plan in industry, agriculture, transport, commerce and finance, education and health and foreign trade. The work is supplemented with an extensive bibliography, maps and statistical tables.