重农

重農

zhòngnóng

verb

Meanings

1 to stress the importance of agriculture
2 (in classical Chinese economic thought) to prioritize farming

Characters

to value, weigh heavily

agriculture, farming

Examples

古代王朝普遍奉行重农抑商的政策。

Gǔdài wángcháo pǔbiàn fèngxíng zhòngnóng yìshāng de zhèngcè.

Ancient dynasties commonly followed a policy of prioritizing agriculture and suppressing commerce.

孟子主张重农，认为农业是国家根本。

Mèngzǐ zhǔzhāng zhòngnóng, rènwéi nóngyè shì guójiā gēnběn.

Mencius advocated stressing agriculture, seeing farming as the foundation of the state.

Tips

history

Often paired with 抑商 (yìshāng, 'suppress commerce') as 重农抑商, the slogan of the Han-through-Qing economic order: tax the merchants, glorify the farmers, keep the rice paddies full. France's later Physiocrats (重农学派) borrow the same character.

Stroke Order

重 zhòng

农 nóng