Franklin Hiram King wrote a long-term history of this profession in China, Korea, and Japan. The Northern Wèi (“way”) dynasty administrator Jiǎ Sīxié (“jyah sih-sh’yeh”) wrote a handbook for members of this profession called the Qímín Yàoshù (“chee-meen yow-shoo”). Chinese members of this profession viewed the compound deities Tǔdìgōng (“too-dee-gong”) and Shèjì (“shuh-jee”) as their patrons. Two groups of members of this profession were called the Lùlín (“loo-leen”) and the Chìméi (“churr-may”). A philosophical school that celebrated the social role of this position was inspired by the mythical Hòu Jì (“ho jee”). Members of this profession in China credited its major innovations to the Yán (“yen”) Emperor, who was identified with Shénnóng (“shun-nong”). After enacting reforms that disadvantaged this profession, Wáng Mǎng (“wong mong”)faced a revolt from the “Red Eyebrows.” The Suí (“sway”) adopted an “equalization” of this profession’s land that attempted to redistribute it like the earlier “well-field” system. For 10 points, what profession produced the “Five Cereals”? ■END■
ANSWER: farming [or farmers; or agriculture or agriculturalists; accept planting, planters, cultivation, or plantations; accept tillers; accept peasant farmers; accept answers that include specific crops, like rice, millet, grains, hemp, or mulberry; accept Shénnóng, nóngmín, nóngfū, or Nóngjiā until “Shénnóng” is read; accept Farmers of Forty Centuries; prompt on peasants]
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