A Study On The Agriculture Officer In The West Chou Period And The Spring And Autumn Period

The officer of the agriculture mainly means to the officers who responsible for the cultivate and allotment of land, the management of the agriculture produce and the imposition and warehouse of the agriculture tax .It is an importance part of the officer's system in the west Chou period and the spring and autumn period .we have a overall research on the agriculture officer in the west Chou period and the spring and autumn period in this paper.We reviewed the history of the research on the agriculture officer in the west Chou period and the spring and autumn period in the preface. Then we discussed the definition of the officer of the agriculture and the range of research the paper, we also discussed the usage of the Ritual of Chou. Although the material of the book cross a long time, it could't be deny that some material reflect the staff of the royal government of the west Chou in some extent. Therefore, it would be feasible to use this material research the officer of the agriculture by combining the relative bronze inscription and the literature.We discussed the origins of the agriculture officer in the first part of the paper.By analyzing the source, we thought the agriculture officer could be trace from the farming in the primitive society. It became a type of officer because of the development of the social productivity.In the second and the third part, we had an across-the-board discussion on the agriculture officer of the west Chou period and the spring and autumn period. We analyzed the organizational scheme of the agriculture officer in the royal government and the vassal government; we also discussed the relation...