3. Zhou Dynasty.pdf
3. Zhou Dynasty.pdf
3. Zhou Dynasty.pdf
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Square-Field or Well<br />
Field System<br />
井 (jǐng), = “well”<br />
Square of land divided = nine <br />
identically-sized sections<br />
8 outer sections -- serfs<br />
Produce all theirs<br />
center – communally<br />
cultivated for landowner<br />
(aristocrat)<br />
By the 8 families<br />
All produce to owner<br />
Owner send portion to King<br />
all fields were aristocratowned