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The Qimin Yaoshu 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, 544 C.E., while another account gives the completion between 533 and 544 C.E.The text of the book is divided into ten volumes and 92 chapters, and records 1500-year-old Chinese agronomy, horticulture, afforestation, sericulture, animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, breeding, brewing, cooking, storage, as well as remedies for barren land. The book quoted nearly 200 ancient sources including the Yiwu Zhi. Important agricultural books such as Fàn shèng zhī shū (泛胜之书) and Sì mín yuè lìng (四民月令) from the Hàn and Jìn Dynasties are now lost, so future generations can only understand the operation of agriculture at the time from this book.
280 recipes are found in the text.
Since the publication of the book, historical Chinese governments have long attached great importance to it. Since the book spread overseas it has also often been considered a classic text to study changes in species. When Charles Darwin was researching the theory of evolution he made reference to an "Encyclopedia of Ancient China". It is said that the book he referenced was in fact Qí mín yào shù. The book's name "Qí mín yào shù" can be explained as "techniques by which common people make their livelihood", but can also be explained as "techniques to harness the people's livelihood".
《齐民要术》是中国保存得最完整的一本古代农牧情况的钜著，由北魏官员贾思勰所著，成书于东魏武定二年（544年），另一说为533年至544之间。收录公元6世纪时中国黄河流域下游地区的农艺、园艺、造林、蚕桑、畜牧、兽医、配种、酿造、烹饪、储备，以及治荒的技术。书中正文分成10卷，92篇，援引古籍近200种，所引《泛胜之书》、《四民月令》等现已失传的汉晋重要农书，后人只能从此书了解当时的农业运作。该书自出版后，长期受中国历朝政府重视，传遍海外后亦被常成为研究古物种变化的经典，达尔文研究进化论时曾参考一部「中国古代百科全书」，有说此书正是《齐民要术》。在四库全书中为子部农家类。
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