Research On Agricultural Literature Of Ming And Qing Dynasties From The View Point Of Social History

Ming and Qing Dynasties have the pivotal position in Chinese long history, as well as Agricultural literature of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Agricultural literature of Ming and Qing Dynasties not only exceeded the previous various historical periods on the amount, moreover it's content was vast, it has involved each aspect of agricultural production. Agricultural literature of Ming and Qing Dynasties has the very important promoter action to agriculture development at Ming and Qing Dynasties.After the Ming Dynasty intermediate stage, there was a Ideological trend of Jingshizhiyong"(经世致用). "Xixuedongjian "(西学东渐) was very popular at Ming Dynasty later period and Qing Dynasty initial period. "Value Agriculture" thought was strengthed.All these had all became the Ming and Qing Dynasties agricultural literature writing advantages, it has facilitated the Ming and Qing Dynasties agriculture literature creation high tide time appearance. Confucianism "Jingshizhiyong"(经世致用) thought influence with the feudal dynasty, Scholars in Ming and Qing Dynasties time were the main writers of Agricultural literature, and among this, all levels of officials who had Jinshi (进士) or Juren (举人) status and the out of office literary intelligentsia had accounted for the quite great proportion.Take the local agricultural book as the representative, the Ming and Qing Dynasties agriculture literature has the remarkable region characteristic, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties time extensively carries out the place official was in office the region to avoid the system effectively to promote the region agronomy exchange. The Ming and Qing Dynasties agriculture book creation also manifested the certain time characteristic, for example, the Ming Dynasty agricultural literature creation peak was after Jiajing(嘉靖), and GuangXu faced is the Qing Dynasty agricultural literature creation prosperous time. It was not only because of influence of"Jingshizhiyong"(经世致用)trend, but also has the overseas trade stimulating, and has the Americas new crops the impetus.With the aid of agriculture literature of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Ming and Qing Dynasties agricultural production knowledge dissemination is an interaction process. The folk popular education prosperity caused the general farmers to have the certain reading abilities, this was the premise that agricultural literature which disseminated in the farmers. Because the Ming and Qing Dynasties time publication printing industry is developed, the agricultural literature price certainly is not the significant barrier which the agricultural literature dissemination disseminates, but the Ming and Qing Dynasties time multiplication literature release channel is also advantageous to the agricultural book dissemination. The Ming and Qing Dynasties time folk daily expense class book can effectively disseminate the agricultural production knowledge. The descriptive note nature agricultural literature because of the chart and the writing also easy to understand, therefore received the warm welcome. The Ming and Qing Dynasties agricultural literature promoted the China and the West agronomy exchange in the overseas dissemination, expanded the Chinese agriculture civilization influences on the world.