Agriculturalism

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Agriculturalism is an ancient Chinese philosophical school that emphasized the central importance of agriculture, egalitarian land distribution, and a peasant-based social order.

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Agriculturalism canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese philosophical school ⓘ
ancient Chinese philosophy ⓘ
social and political doctrine ⓘ
advocates equal distribution of land ⓘ
labor by both rulers and commoners ⓘ
limiting luxury and extravagance ⓘ
simple rural living ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Zhou dynasty ⓘ
contrastsWith Confucianism ⓘ
Daoism ⓘ
linked to: Taoism

Legalism ⓘ
Mohism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient China ⓘ
culturalContext Hundred Schools of Thought ⓘ
doctrineStatus minority school among Hundred Schools of Thought ⓘ
emphasizes collective welfare over individual profit ⓘ
moral value of agricultural labor ⓘ
goal social equality through agricultural policy ⓘ
stable rural-based state ⓘ
historicalPeriod Warring States period ⓘ
influenced Chinese debates on land reform ⓘ
later agrarian thought in East Asia ⓘ
influencedBy agrarian economic practices ⓘ
early Chinese peasant culture ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Classical Chinese ⓘ
mainTenet central importance of agriculture ⓘ
communal ownership of land ⓘ
economic equality among peasants ⓘ
egalitarian land distribution ⓘ
opposition to excessive commerce ⓘ
opposition to heavy taxation of peasants ⓘ
peasant-based social order ⓘ
state support for farming ⓘ
nativeName 农家 ⓘ
農家 ⓘ
philosophicalFocus agriculture as foundation of the state ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
social equality ⓘ
region China ⓘ
relatedConcept agrarianism ⓘ
land reform ⓘ
peasant egalitarianism ⓘ
transliteration Nongjia ⓘ
viewOnEconomy agriculture as primary economic activity ⓘ
suspicion of merchants ⓘ
viewOnRulership political authority based on agricultural productivity ⓘ
ruler should participate in farming ⓘ
viewOnSociety peasants as backbone of society ⓘ

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Hundred Schools of Thought → hasPart → Agriculturalism ⓘ
Ancient China → philosophicalSchool → Agriculturalism ⓘ
Bai jia zheng ming → includesSchool → Agriculturalism ⓘ