This book provides a systematic account of the development of agriculture and agricultural civilization in ancient China. It mainly discusses the birth of traditional agriculture, the characteristics and advantages of traditional agricultural economy, traditional agricultural knowledge and technology system, flexible land relations and ownership structure, extensive irrigation system and water conservancy projects, complete policies and measures to emphasize agriculture, the three agricultural expansion processes, the value pursuit of revering agriculture, and the plight and decline of traditional agriculture.

Makes a systematic and simple introduction to the development and evolution of China's ancient agriculture Points out the relationship between agricultural civilization and contemporary China's economic and social development Helps readers understand the history of China's agricultural development and Chinese agricultural culture

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He Yaomin is a professor and a doctoral supervisor. He is the former vice-president of Renmin University of China and enjoys the special government allowance of the State Council. He is a national "Four Batches" Talent. He is a member of the evaluation group of National Philosophy and Social Sciences Fund, and Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Fund. He is also the director of NBS-RUC Research Data Center affiliated to National Bureau of Statistics and Renmin University of China.

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I. The birth of traditional agriculture: the choice between man and nature.- Natural conditions for agricultural development.- Natural environment of agricultural development.- Social conditions for agricultural development.- Interaction between natural environment and economic life II. Characteristics and advantages of traditional agricultural economy.- Characteristics of traditional agriculture.- Establishment of Chinese traditional agriculture.- Brilliant agricultural civilization.- Developed agricultural Empire.- III. Traditional agricultural knowledge and technology system.- Traditional agricultural knowledge and technology system.- Development of traditional agricultural knowledge and technology system.- Development of traditional agricultural planting knowledge and technology .- Improvement of rotation multiple cropping and intercropping interplanting.- IV. Flexible land relations and ownership structure.- Land relations in traditional agriculture.- Small peasant economy and its land ownership .- Tenancy system and its economic relations.- Land ownership structure and its changes.- V. Huge irrigation system and water conservancy project.- Water control activities in traditional society.- Northern dryland agricultural water conservancy irrigation project.- Rice farming water conservancy project in South China.- Famous water conservancy project.- VI. Complete agricultural policies and measure.- Policies and principles of agriculture first.- The first national project in the world.- Strong natural economic structure.- VII. Unstoppable agricultural expansion.- The first traditional agricultural expansion process.- The second traditional agricultural expansion process.- The third traditional agricultural expansion process.- VIII. Advocating the value pursuit of Agriculture.- The ideological and cultural interest of advocating agriculture.- Rich agricultural works and ideas.- Perfect portrayal of agricultural production and life: farming andweaving ma.- IX. Dilemma and decline of traditional agriculture.- Development limit of traditional agriculture.- Reasons for the decline of traditional agriculture.