The Art of Bringing People Together

"Qi Min Yao Shu" was written around the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty (533-544 AD). It is a comprehensive agricultural work written by Jia Sixie, an outstanding Chinese agriculturist from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty to the Liang Dynasty. It is also one of the earliest monographs in the history of agricultural science in the world and the earliest complete agricultural book in China. The book contains 92 chapters in 10 volumes. It systematically summarizes the agricultural and animal husbandry production experience, food processing and storage, utilization of wild plants, and famine control methods of the working people in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River before the sixth century. It also introduces in detail the seasons, climate, and the relationship between different soils and different crops. It is known as the "Encyclopedia of Ancient Chinese Agriculture."