隐士与中国传统农学

RECLUSE SCHOLARS AND TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE IN ANCIENT CHINA

隐士是中国古代社会的特殊产物，作为士，他们掌握着一定的文化知识，而作为隐士，他们又不得不自食其力，且多以农耕为生，知识与农业生产实践的结合，产生了隐士农学家和隐士农书，并在中国农学史上占有举足轻重的地位。本文探讨了隐士农学家的产生、隐士生活对农学的影响，并对隐士的农学贡献进行了评价。

Recluse scholars existed only in traditional Chinese society. Like many other scholars,they could read and write and were different from common peasants.However,they had to earn their own living by farming,and the combination of learning with agricultural practice led to the appearance of agriculturists and agricultural treatises, which played an important role in traditional Chinese agriculture.This paper discusses the formation of recluse agriculturists and the impact of their life of seclusion on agriculture with an evaluation of their contributions to agriculture.