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The text of the book is divided into ten volumes and 92 chapters, and records 1500-year-old Chinese agronomy, horticulture, afforestation, sericulture, animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, breeding, brewing, cooking, storage, as well as remedies for barren land. The book quoted nearly 200 ancient sources including the Yiwu Zhi. Important agricultural books such as Fàn Shèngzhī shū (泛胜之书) and Sì mín yuè lìng (四民月令) from the Hàn and Jìn Dynasties are now lost, so future generations can only understand the operation of agriculture at the time from this book.
280 recipes are found in the text.
Since the publication of the book, historical Chinese governments have long attached great importance to it. Since the book spread overseas it has also often been considered a classic text to study changes in species. When Charles Darwin was researching the theory of evolution he made reference, in his book On The Origin of Species, to an "Encyclopedia of Ancient China". The book he referenced was in fact Qímín yàoshù. The book's name "Qímín yàoshù" can be explained as "techniques by which common people make their livelihood", but can also be explained as "techniques to harness the people's livelihood".

该书自出版后,长期受中国历朝政府重视,传遍海外后亦被常成为研究古物种变化的经典,达尔文研究进化论时,在他的《物种起源》一书中曾参考一部「中国古代百科全书」,此书正是《齐民要术》。在四库全书中为子部农家类。
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文献通考 | 1 |
直斋书录解题 | 1 |
居易录 | 1 |
古今说海 | 1 |
山西通志 | 1 |
宋史 | 1 |
四库全书简明目录 | 1 |
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