前言“农业是整个古代世界的决定性的生产部门”.周人又素以重农著称,故尽可能详尽地搜集整理有关西周农业方面的材料,进行去粗取精、去伪存真的辩析研究,努力恢复当时农业经济的本来面目,实在是了解西周社会及其文化的前提.当然,西周农业的研究是一个大题目,涉及历史学、考古学和自然科学方面的不少专门知识,需在有关方面通力合作之下,随着具体问题的解决而逐步完成.本文主要就所见材料反映出来的西周各地自然条件彼此差异的事实,以及在这种差异性影响下各地农业经济发展不平衡的 In the preface, “Agriculture is the decisive production sector of the entire ancient world.” The Zhou people are well-known for their work in agriculture. Therefore, they collected and sorted out the agricultural materials in the Western Zhou Dynasty as much as possible to conduct a defensive study of crude extraction, Of course, the study of agriculture in the Western Zhou Dynasty was a big topic involving a lot of expertise in history, archeology and the natural sciences, and it was necessary to work together with the relevant parties , With the solution of specific problems and gradually completed.This paper mainly on the material seen in the West around the natural conditions of each other differences between the facts, and under the influence of this difference in the development of agricultural economy is not balanced