Analysis Of Ling Daoyang's Agriculture And Forestry Activities And Thoughts (1912-1949)

Ling Daoyang(1888-1993)was not only a famous forest scientist,agronomist and forestry educator in the modern and contemporary history of China,but also a pioneer in the modern forestry science in China.After returning to the United States from Yale University in 1914,he devoted himself to modern agriculture and forestry and modern rural construction of China.After three different historical periods,he occupied an important position in the history of modern forestry knowledge and thought introduction and the history of modern afforestation.He combined the modern forest theory of Europe and the United States with China's national conditions to form a unique agricultural and forestry ideology.Exploring the process of the formation of agricultural and forestry activities and ideas generally includes the following stages:From 1909 to 1914,it was the bud of the Ling's agricultural and forestry thoughts.During this period,he studied in the United States,learned modern forest science knowledge in America,and recognized the important position of forests in national development.After returning to China,he struggled with reality that China's forestry administration did not talk about it and the forestry was not prosperous.So he combined "science to save the country" with the revitalization of forestry to explored a new way to save the country and the people;From 1915 to 1927,it was an important period for Ling's agricultural and forestry activities and the development of the thought of agriculture and forestry.He used the methods of propaganda to open up people's minds,repeatedly emphasized the various interests of the forest,and draw the attention of the people to the forest;tried to change the forestry's long-term dependency on agriculture,and proposed the view that agriculture and forestry are the elements of the country;established a specialized academic research group for forestry,etc..After 1921,he participated in the negotiations on the "Qingdao" issue between China and Japan.After was repossessed Qingdao,he severed in Shandong and made plans for the development of Qingdao's agriculture and forestry with administrative convenience.From 1928 to 1949,it was the period in which Ling practiced afforestation plan and advocated rural renewal.After the establishment of the government of the Republic of China,He investigated the forest condition in the whole land,and planned the forestry construction according to local conditions.In the 1930 s,when Japan invaded China,the problem in the rural area were urgent to be solved.He advocated the establishment of cooperatives to solve the rural financial crisis,while paying attention to the problem of wartime food,and proposed to solve the problem of wartime food shortage in wartime by improving fertilizer and implementing winter farming.Ling Daoyang was born in an important historical period of social transformation in China.His agricultural and forestry activities and the formation and development of his thoughts are influenced by social reality and have distinct characteristics of the times.From the reality,he solved the problem of the lack of forest management in modern China,proposed the development of the forest industry and promoted the rural rejuvenation method,and guided the direction of the modern "water and soil conservation" theory research,which provided a certain degree to the development of China's future agriculture and forestry industry.