Qi Min Yao Shu

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Qí mín yào shù; Literal translation: Main techniques for the welfare of the people is the most completely preserved of the Ancient Chinese agricultural texts, and was written by the Northern Wei Dynasty official Jia Sixie. The book is believed to have been completed in the second year of Wu Ding of Eastern Wei, C.E. 544, while another account gives the completion between C.E. 533 and 544. The text of the book is divided into ten volumes and 92 chapter ...