Xin Shuzhi And His Research On History Of China Agricultural

Xin Shuzhi, a famous educator, spares no efforts to nurture talents in the process ofteaching and school management, who is also the founder of Northwest A&F University andLanzhou University which have become the well-known university at home and abroad. He isa famous biologist, who organized the earliest academic activity—the investigation ofGuangdong, Guangxi and Yaoshan. There are more than twenty kinds of new taxa of plantsand animals which named after Xin Shuzhi who is also the originator of agricultural historycourse. He realized that the profound significance of arranging the agricultural heritages inour country deeply. He thought that the position of Chinese agronomy, which established onthe basis of it which is as important as Chinese medical science. In addition, it is necessary tomake a study on Xin Shuzhi who had a profound knowledge of traditional Chinese literature,read more kinds of books and devoted himself into the exploration so that he had a deep andprofound understanding of arranging the rich ancient agricultural science heritages andagricultural history which can say he enjoy a high reputation in the field of agriculturalhistory.As for the study of Xin Shuzhi and the Chinese ancient agronomy, it can be discussedfrom the following five aspects:1. Xin Shuzhi defined and positioned the research of agricultural history, when severalagricultural history unites all were named agricultural heritage. Only Northwest A&FUniversity defined it ancient agriculture, the meaning which contains is worth pondering.Taking advantages of his learning and administrative resources, Xin Shuzhi constructedthe Ancient Agricultural Room, which not only guaranteed and supported the initialagricultural history research, but also laid a solid foundation for the further research.2. Holding the agriculture history study concept of teamwork, Xin Shuzhi paid muchattention to the cultivation and recruitment of talents in the process of teaching, schoolmanagement and study of agriculture history. As for agriculture history study, using theknowledge of former times encourages people to read the Shangshu Yugong as ageography book. While Xin Shuzhi paid much attention to the agricultural history in thebook. So the book New Understanding of Yugong came into being, which reflected the broad academic horizon.3. The research of agricultural history is a product of the cross of multidisciplinary. XinShuzhi’s former research of yaoshan and his work in press and broadcasting laid thefoundation of the written of books named The Study on the History of Chinese Fruit Treesand Preliminary Study on159Kinds of Cultivated Plants in Nongzheng Quanshu. Thesebooks are well-known that it named after the ancient plants and animals. In his books,textual research method was adopted which showed his deep skill on scholarly studies.4. Xun Shuzhi is one of the earliest scholars who concerned about the historical changes ofecological environment, and he learned from the experiences and lessons of the ancientconservation of soil and water on the historical perspective. His works include TheHistorical Research of Soil and Water Conservation in China, Introduction of Soil andWater Conservation in China, developed a new field of agricultural history research.5. The research of agriculture history has a lateral connection with Archaeology, Ethnology,Philology, Linguistics, Historical geography, Biological heredity. As an interdisciplinary,Xin Shuzhi’s agriculture history research has greatly broaden our horizons, makes thecontact between history research and modern agriculture, strengthen the confidence andvitality of the subjective research and development.The author aims to make a profound study on the major works of Xin Shuzhi. From theperspective of the research of agricultural history, combined with the social background,economy, the distinguish of the academic chapter and the context resources, the authoranalyzes the creative thinking and the original concepts of Xin Shuzhi, and puts the emphasison the relationship between Xin Shuzhi and the Chinese agricultural history research. Theauthor works hard to make an overall explanation Xin Shuzhi’s way of scholarly thinking.Through the Academic achievement and the broad academic friendship, the author regardsXin Shuzhi’s diary and letters as the carrier to explain a agricultural historian—Xin Shuzhi.The author tries her best to make an overall and objective analysis on academic achievementsof Xin Shuzhi. In a word, the research of Xin Shuzhi and his study on the academic activitiesof agricultural history contribute to the profound perspective and the enlightenment anddevelopment of modern agricultural history subject in China for the people, which also helpthe scholar to make a deep understanding of the meaning and effect of the agricultural history.In addition, it is helpful to strengthen the understanding of the worth of modern ecologicalagricultural society. And the research carries forward the fine tradition and spirit of seniorscholars, and makes a reference for the students in the future.