传教士与近代中国农学的兴起

中国以农桑为本，内治之道，首在劝农，农事为国家首务。至海通以降，传教士带来了西方农学。通过其对泰西农政院、西方农器和农务化学的描述与介绍，士渐知农,并以比附的方式接纳了西法农学。在报刊舆论的宣导下，朝臣奏议亦别于重农仅知种植之利的旧制，开始畅言效法西方，探求审土宜、讲培壅之法，终仰动宸听，当局明确提出修农政，必先兴农学的主张。农学从无到有，被放置进京师大学堂的农科大学与实业学堂的农业学堂中，纳入学制。它的出现，揭示了一个新时代的到来并体现了时代的内容。

Missionaries and the Rise of Agronomy in Modern China

Farming and sericulture are foundation of China. Farming is the most important part as a way of governing the country that persuades people to engage in farming. It was missionaries that brought western agriculture into modern China, who introduced the west agricultural institute, western agricultural implements and agricultural chemical to the Late Qing Dynasty. Farming was known by scholars and agriculture science of western was accepted. Influence of newspaper publicity, ministers noted planting method instead of cultivation benefits, began to following the example of the western that detect the adaptability of soil and cultivation methods. The Qing court advocated agronomy and agriculture through science. The agricultural school, which was located in Peking University and the industrial school, was included in the school system, and a new era was coming.