试论月令体栽的中国农书

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ON CHINESE AGRICULTURAL LITERATURE IN THE YUELING STYLE

Yueling implies monthly arrangements of agricultural production activities,that should be done in good order during a year.It involves astronomical phenomeva,phenology and seasonal important operations. The agricultural literature written in this style had some advantages: the numerous farming operations were summarized so that knowledge could be used in making decisions on the proper time for farm produ- ction and management.lt occupies a large proportion in all the Chinese traditional agricultural literat...