1. The most important thing for the people lies in agriculture.
One of China's earliest country-specific history works, "Guoyu" "Guoyu"
2. Agriculture is the foundation of the world.
Wang Zhen, an agricultural mechanist of the Yuan Dynasty
3. Without work, agriculture will be short of supplies.
Han Dynasty litterateur Huan Kuan
4. A good farmer does not cultivate because of floods and droughts.
Warring States Period·Xun Kuang's "Xunzi·Cultivation of one's Self". Buwei: not because of. Shuizao: refers to floods and droughts. The main idea of ??this sentence is: A good farmer will not stop farming just because of floods or droughts. The original meaning of this sentence refers only to agricultural production, but now its meaning can be widely used to discuss that when people are engaged in various tasks, they should not stop because of difficulties.
Xun Kuang, a thinker at the end of the Warring States Period, Xunzi "Xunzi·Cultivation of one's morality"
5. Agriculture is the great cause of the world.
Han Dynasty writer Huan Kuan
6. Encouraging agriculture does not take away the time.
Zhuge Liang, prime minister, statesman, and military strategist of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period
7. Good times and bad times complement each other, and both farmers and farmers benefit.
Song Dynasty Su Shi's "Zha Zi Begging for Grain Power to Win Tax Money". Feng: A good year. Unlucky: years of famine. End; refers to other industries other than agriculture. The general idea of ??these two sentences is: Make the good years and the bad years complement each other, making agriculture and other industries profitable. Only when any country pays attention to having reserves in good years and can use the wealth saved in good years to maintain the most basic living conditions in bad years can all walks of life prosper and develop, and the country can be prosperous and strong. These two sentences can be quoted when discussing the formulation of correct economic policies that "balance good times and bad times".
Northern Song Dynasty writer Su Shi's "A Note about Begging for Exemption of Grain and Tax Money"
8. Farming is the foundation of the country.
Fang Xuanling, the founding prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, "Book of Jin"
9. Food is the foundation of man and nature, and agriculture is the original foundation.
Li Shimin, the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty
10. Those who enrich the people should focus on farming and mulberry.
Wang Fu, political commentator and writer of the Eastern Han Dynasty
11. Farmers are those who help the world to provide food and clothing.
Philosopher Li Kuan in the early Qing Dynasty
12. If officials are not managed, there will be chaos, and if farming is slow, there will be poverty.
Warring States Period·Mozi's "Mozi Fei Ruxia". The general idea of ??these two sentences is: if officials give up management, unrest will occur. If farming is not done tightly, poverty will occur if the farming season is missed. These two sentences are used to discuss the important impact of official governance and agricultural affairs on the country's governance of chaos, emphasizing the need to do a good job in official administration and pay close attention to agricultural affairs.
Mo Zhai, a thinker, educator, and military strategist during the Warring States Period, Mozi "Mozi Fei Ru Xia"
13. If you want to harvest the good from the grain, you must first remove the bad from the wormwood.
"Qian Bo" by Wang Anshi of Song Dynasty. Millet: refers to all kinds of grains. Good, good harvest. Artemisia (hao) Lai: refers to weeds in general. The general idea of ??these two sentences is: If you want to obtain a good harvest of grains, you must first remove the weeds that harm the growth of the crops. The two sentences can be used literally to explain the importance of weeding, one of field management in agricultural production. They can also be used in an extended sense to express the importance of eliminating evil and supporting good, or to explain that in order to achieve the goal of doing anything, To achieve this goal, unfavorable factors must be removed first.
Wang Anshi, politician and writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, "Qian Bo"
14. Farming is the foundation of the world, and there is no greater service.
"Historical Records·Xiaowen Ji" by Sima Qian of the Han Dynasty. Ben: Basically. The main idea of ??this sentence is: Agriculture is the foundation of the country. This is what Emperor Wen of Han said. The previous day said: "~, I will personally lead the plowing of the registered fields to provide rice for the ancestral temple." It means: "Agriculture is the foundation of the country. When cultivating the fields in my name (thousand acres of the emperor's registered fields), I will personally lead everyone in farming to supply the ancestral temple with sacrificial objects (粢生). Our country is a large agricultural country. Emphasis on the development of agriculture is the fundamental link in the development of feudal economy. This point, and the proposal to personally participate in farming, although it is just a symbolic formality, in feudal society, it is already very remarkable for the emperor to be able to do this and show himself as a pioneer of the people. "Wen Jing. "Government" has always been praised by historians. The emergence of this prosperous age in the Han Dynasty was due to Emperor Hanwen's reform of laws, the abolition of continuous sitting and corporal punishment, reduction of taxes, opposition to heavy burials, strengthening of army construction, and resistance to Xiongnu intrusion. He attaches great importance to the development of agriculture.