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This book elaborates on the origin and development of Chinese agriculture, the domestication, introduction and utilization of animals and plants, the innovation and evolution of traditional agricultural tools, and the traditional Chinese agricultural science system, revealing the rich connotations and great achievements of Chinese traditional agriculture and agricultural science and technology. This book uses rich historical materials and irrefutable facts to explain the extensive system of ancient Chinese agricultural diversification and the fine tradition of intensive farming fostered by this system. It is the deepest material foundation for the long-lasting prosperity of Chinese civilization and one of the most precious cultural heritages left by our ancestors to contemporary China and the world.