This paper traces the development of the so-called mou conversion and its oper ational details. It points out that the impact of mou conversion on the reported land average depend on the structure of conversion rates ...This paper traces the development of the so-called mou conversion and its oper ational details. It points out that the impact of mou conversion on the reported land average depend on the structure of conversion rates and the distribution o f good lands and poor lands in the jurisdiction. Except in some peripheral distr icts where specially favorable conversion rates had been set in order to encoura ge reclamation activities, the mou conversion in most inland districts tended to overstate, rather than understate, land averages simply because there existed m ore good lands than poor lands.展开更多
The theory of feudal landlord economic system asserts that land lords in Chinese history had the controlling power dominating the economic institution Yet a careful scruting of the actual determination of tenancy in C...The theory of feudal landlord economic system asserts that land lords in Chinese history had the controlling power dominating the economic institution Yet a careful scruting of the actual determination of tenancy in Chinese history fails to support this claim. Moreover, the wide - spread system of permanent tenancy had developed completely against the will of Chinese landlords.展开更多
文摘This paper traces the development of the so-called mou conversion and its oper ational details. It points out that the impact of mou conversion on the reported land average depend on the structure of conversion rates and the distribution o f good lands and poor lands in the jurisdiction. Except in some peripheral distr icts where specially favorable conversion rates had been set in order to encoura ge reclamation activities, the mou conversion in most inland districts tended to overstate, rather than understate, land averages simply because there existed m ore good lands than poor lands.
文摘The theory of feudal landlord economic system asserts that land lords in Chinese history had the controlling power dominating the economic institution Yet a careful scruting of the actual determination of tenancy in Chinese history fails to support this claim. Moreover, the wide - spread system of permanent tenancy had developed completely against the will of Chinese landlords.