Qimin yaoshu agricultural treatise
Tratado agronómico Qimin yaoshu
- Date
- c. 544 · confidence high
- Place
- Shouguang, Shandong, China
- Credited to
- Jia Sixie
- People
- 👤 Jia Sixie
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
An agricultural encyclopedia describing tillage, rotation with legumes, seed selection, grafting, animal husbandry and more than 200 fermentation recipes, including those for qu. It is the oldest surviving complete agronomic treatise.
What it led to
- spread of agricultural techniques through written manuals
- model for Song and Yuan agricultural treatises (Nong shu)