Analysis on Emperor Kangxi's Achievements in Locust Control Technology
The locusts,flood and drought are three natural disasters in Chinese history,which can seriously threaten and destroy agricultural production,attracting much attention by dominators of all dynasties.During the period of Kangxi's reign,lo-cust infestations were severe,thus Emperor Kangxi attached great importance to the harm caused by locust plagues,and took proactive measures to prevent locusts.There was procedural transformation of Kangxi's thought on controlling locusts and under-standing the habits of locusts.After long-term locust control practices,Emperor Kangxi proposed the guiding thought of grabbing locusts by people,and established a set of technical means of locust control,and management methods,thus developing a metic-ulous system of rewards and punishments as the guarantee of locusts control.
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