Ward classification law

Japanese: 区種法 - くしゅほう

…It can also be applied to soybeans, sesame, etc. While the basis of agriculture is to fertilize the land and grow crops, the ku-ta method, also known as the ku-shou method, involves plowing only the areas where seeds will be sown, allowing the crops to absorb water and fertilizer efficiently. It was established and popularized by Fan Shengzhi during the reign of Emperor Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty for the purpose of drought resistance and famine relief. …

From the farmer

…On the other hand, the idea of strengthening the sovereign's power and protecting the peasants was also advocated by a group that looked up to Hou Ji as its founder (such as Shang Nong in the Lüshi Chunqiu), and prepared the agricultural policy of a unified nation. The Fourteenth Chapter of Shennong and the Seventeenth Chapter of Ye Lao, which appear in the "Farmers" section of the "Han Shu" (Book of Han), are probably books of the physiocratic school during the Warring States period, but after the emergence of the Qin and Han dynasties, the idea of issuing orders (promulgation of hourly and monthly orders for the agricultural calendar by the state) was carried out, and the contents of Zhao Guo's "Substitute Field Law" of the Western Han dynasty and new agricultural techniques (Kushu Law) from agricultural promotion policies such as the "Fanshengzhishu" (Book of Fanshengzhi) were passed down, but the farmer's ideas of the pre-Qin dynasties disappeared. [Togawa Yoshiro]. …

*Some of the terminology explained in relation to the "Ward Classification Act" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…大豆，ゴマなどにも適用する。土地を肥やして作物を育成するのが農業の基本であるのに対し，播種するところだけを耕して直接作物に水，肥料を効率よく吸収させるのが区田法で，区種法ともいう。耐干救荒を目的として，前漢の成帝の時代に氾勝之が確立し普及させた。…

【農家】より

…一方，君権強化の農民保護論も，后稷（こうしよく）を始祖と仰ぐ一派によって首唱され(《呂氏春秋》上農など)，統一国家の農政を準備した。《漢書》芸文志の諸子略〈農家〉にみえる《神農十四篇》《野老十七篇》などは戦国期の重農学派の書であろうが，秦･漢帝国の出現後は，授時(国家による農事暦の時令･月令の公布)の思想が行われ，前漢の趙過の代田法や《氾勝之（はんしようし）書》のような勧農政策からの新農業技術(区種法)は内容を伝存したが，先秦諸子の農家思想は消滅した。【戸川芳郎】。…

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