Agriculturalism

Nongjia (Chinese农家, English School of Tillers / Husbandry School, School of farmers / agricultural school ') is one of the so-called Nine currents of ancient Chinese philosophy, which reflects on agricultural issues and the ideology of the peasantry.

The works of various representatives of this current of thought are in Hanshu yiwenzhi (Chinese汉书·艺文志/汉书·艺文志, Bibliographical section of the history of the ancients Han Dynasty '), which for the understanding of the pre- Qin period relevant literature catalog ( the Hanshu ) listed. There are only scattered and fragmentary surviving source texts.

An important representative of the school is the philosopher Xu Xing (Chinese许 行), about whose ideas of the text Mengzi (Book III ( Teng Wen gong ), Section A, No. 4) provides clues. The text refers to the Prince Wen of Teng (Chinese滕文公, Pinyin Teng Wen gong ). This will be communicated to the Mencius (Chinese孟子) by Chen Xiang (Chinese陈 相) Xu Xing's words: