82 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
The BS 3X Ht BE Nung sang tsi yao, another work on the Agri- 
culture of the Yiian period, in seven books, was drawn up by order 
of Kublai Khan, in 1278. It was then considered a treatise of 
great importance, and has been several times republished. There 
are ten divisions on the following subjects : Precepts, Ploughing, 
Sowing, Planting Mulberry-trees, Rearing Silkworms, Vegetables, 
Fruits, Bamboo and Forest-trees, Medicinal plants, and Breeding 
Cattle. (See Wylie 1. c. 76.) The preface of the work is by = #& 
Wang P‘an. Filet : 
The BRAKE IE BE Nung sang i shi tso yao is a small 
treatise, in two books, on the same subjects as the preceding, and 
intended to supplement the information contained init. It was 
written in 1314 by & BA 3é Lu ming shan, an Ouigur by birth, 
and reprinted in 1330 (Wylie 1. ¢. 76). 
THE §% i A ZH NUNG CHENG TS*tiAN SHU. 
This work, the title of which may be translated by “Complete 
Treatise on Agriculture,” is one of the most important and interest- 
ing works on Chinese husbandry extant. It was written by HG 
Sti Kuang k‘i—literary name: 7G Je Vian tu; posthumous title: 
KE ZB Wen ting hung,—A. D. 1562—1633, a native of | ji 
Shang hai. See his biography Ming shi 251 , and Mayers’ Chin. 
Read. Man. p. 197. Siti Kuang k‘i was a distinguished scholar 
and Minister of State during the reign of Ming Wan li. His in- 
terest in scientific inquiry brought him in contact with the Jesuit 
missionaries at Peking, whom he warmly supported. Mention is 
repeatedly made of Sii Kuang k‘i in Du Halde’s Description de la 
Chine (ITI. 76, 79, 82), where he is styled Paul Siu, Colao,” 
Premier Ministre d’Etat. His portrait is also given there. He 
was a friend of Matteo Ricci and was baptized at Nanking. Paul - 
was his Christian name. 
The Nung cheng ts‘tan shu is an excellent and elaborate work 
on Chinese Husbandry, in sixty books, illustrated by numerous 
plates. When the author died, in 1633, it was not yet complete. 
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