The Agricultural Civilization of Ancient China

He Yaomin is a  professor and a doctoral supervisor. He is the former vice-president of Renmin University of China and enjoys the special government allowance of the State Council. He is a national "Four Batches" Talent. He is a member of the evaluation group of National Philosophy and Social Sciences Fund, and Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Fund. He is also the director of NBS-RUC Research Data Center affiliated to National Bureau of Statistics and Renmin University of China.

I. The birth of traditional agriculture: the choice between man and nature.- Natural conditions for agricultural development.-  Natural environment of agricultural development.-  Social conditions for agricultural development.- Interaction between natural environment and economic life II. Characteristics and advantages of traditional agricultural economy.- Characteristics of traditional agriculture.- Establishment of Chinese traditional agriculture.- Brilliant agricultural civilization.- Developed agricultural Empire.- III. Traditional agricultural knowledge and technology system.-  Traditional agricultural knowledge and technology system.- Development of traditional agricultural knowledge and technology system.- Development of traditional agricultural planting knowledge and technology .- Improvement of rotation multiple cropping and intercropping interplanting.- IV. Flexible land relations and ownership structure.- Land relations in traditional agriculture.- Small peasant economy and its land ownership .- Tenancy system and its economic relations.- Land ownership structure and its changes.- V. Huge irrigation system and water conservancy project.- Water control activities in traditional society.- Northern dryland agricultural water conservancy irrigation project.- Rice farming water conservancy project in South China.- Famous water conservancy project.- VI. Complete agricultural policies and measure.- Policies and principles of agriculture first.- The first national project in the world.- Strong natural economic structure.- VII. Unstoppable agricultural expansion.- The first traditional agricultural expansion process.- The second traditional agricultural expansion process.- The third traditional agricultural expansion process.- VIII. Advocating the value pursuit of Agriculture.- The ideological and cultural interest of advocating agriculture.-  Rich agricultural works and ideas.- Perfect portrayal of agricultural production and life: farming andweaving ma.- IX. Dilemma and decline of traditional agriculture.- Development limit of traditional agriculture.- Reasons for the decline of traditional agriculture.