论西夏畜牧业的几个问题

Some Issues on Animal Husbandry in Hsi-Hsia

西夏的畜牧业分官营与私营两种.统治者以法律的形式,明确保护牲畜私有者的利益.个体牧民只有牧养90只羊、6头牛,才能维持简单的再生产.官府对畜牧业的经营分属群牧司、监军司、马院三大系统,具体生产由依附于官府的'牧人'承担.

Roughly speaking, the animal husbandry in Hsi-Hsia Regime held two types of its own, i.e., the bureaucratically-owned and privately-owned, at which the noble chieftains were the biggest livestock owners. With noble herd owner' s husbandry developed, the individual herdsman's began to cut apart, carrying their own production. The bureaucratically-owned were under the auspice of three systems in administration, with their herdsmen in charge of the production.