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Agriculture, farmers and rural areas in the Han Dynasty are traditional topics in Chinese historical research. For a long time, academic circles have done a lot of academic research on agricultural policies, land systems, peasant uprisings, marriage and family, clans and patriarchal laws in the Han Dynasty. However, at the same time, there are still many issues worthy of in-depth discussion. This book focuses on various issues in the agricultural society of the Han Dynasty. In terms of agriculture, it focuses on discussing the time and implementation of the national agrarian policy; in terms of farmers, it mainly discusses issues such as the composition of farmers and their production and operation characteristics, farmers' rights and burdens, and the economic income and expenditure status of self-cultivators; in terms of rural areas, it focuses on issues such as rural settlements, market trade, private loans, and private poverty alleviation and mutual assistance in the Han Dynasty.

"History of the Qin and Han Dynasties" is a collection of essays composed of 22 articles. The book is roughly divided into four topics, which respectively discuss the social economy, officialdom, military system, and border defense issues in the Qin and Han Dynasties. It also includes several book reviews, book prefaces, and reviews and prospects of the research on the history of the Qin and Han Dynasties in China in the past thirty years. It also provides an overview of the documents and slips of the Qin and Han Dynasties.