历史上称为“元朝”的八十多年中,我国出现了三部重要的农学书,即“农桑辑要”、王祯“农书”和“农桑衣食撮要”。这三部农书,虽然都主要地以河淮之间地区的农业生产为对象;但却很注重蚕桑,把“桑”提到了和“农”同样鲜明的重要地位。这一点,和代表江南农业的宋代陈募农收相似,而和更早的农书有显著的不同。在华北农业生产中,一向居次要地位的蚕桑,忽然这样显 In the past eighty years, which was called “Yuan Dynasty” in history, three important agronomic books appeared in our country, namely “Nongsang Slogan”, Wang Zhen “Agricultural Book” and “Nongsang Yixing Summary.” Although these three agricultural books are mainly aimed at agricultural production in the area between the He-Huai area, they pay great attention to sericulture and refer to “Sang” as equally important and important as “agriculture.” This point is similar to that of the Song Dynasty that represented Jiangnan agriculture and was significantly different from earlier agricultural books. In northern China’s agricultural production, sericulture has always been a secondary status, suddenly so significant