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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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 NERFINISHED
contrastsWith Confucianism NERFINISHED
Daoism NERFINISHED
Legalism
Mohism NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ancient China NERFINISHED
culturalContext Hundred Schools of Thought NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
relatedConcept agrarianism
land reform
peasant egalitarianism
transliteration Nongjia NERFINISHED
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