Equal land area system (China)

Japanese: 均田制(中国) - きんでんせい
Equal land area system (China)

…This system was the basis for centralizing political power, and the central government, with the three ministries and six departments at its core, was on it, forming the nation. The equal-field system, which began in the Northern Wei dynasty, was a system in which the state provided the people with a certain amount of equal land, and the amount was calculated for each individual, and was provided to each household. In the Tang dynasty, for ordinary farmers, adult males (Ding men) and minor males of Ding men aged 18 or older were each given 20 mu of Yongye land and 80 mu of kobun land, totaling about 1000 mu of land. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "equal-field system (China)" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この体制こそ,政治権力を中央に集中するための基盤であり,その上に三省六部を中核とする中央政府が存在して,国家が形づくられていたのである。 均田制とは,北魏に始まり,国家が一定の均等規模の土地を人民に支給するのをたてまえとする制度で,給田は原則として個人対象で計算されたうえ,戸ごとに支給された。唐では,一般の農民の場合,成人の男子である丁男と,未成丁の中男のうち18歳以上の者に,1人あたり20畝の永業田と,80畝の口分田,合わせて1頃の土地が与えられることになっていた。…

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