military farming; garrison farming
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to practice tuntian (a military farming system using soldiers or recruited peasants to farm in garrisoned areas)
formalHistorical term referring to a system used from the Han Dynasty onwards to support military garrisons through agriculture. Can also function as a noun referring to the system itself.
Hàn汉
cháo朝
zài在
Xī西
yù域
dà大
guī规
mó模
tún屯
tián田
，
yǐ以
jiě解
jué决
zhù驻
jūn军
liáng粮
cǎo草
wèn问
tí题
。
The Han Dynasty practiced large-scale tuntian in the Western Regions to solve grain and fodder problems for the garrison troops.
Cáo曹
Wèi魏
shí时
qí期
shí实
xíng行
jūn军
tún屯
hé和
mín民
tún屯
xiāng相
jié结
hé合
de的
zhì制
dù度
。
During the Cao Wei period, they implemented a system combining military tuntian and civilian tuntian.
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Zhèng政
fǔ府
zǔ组
zhī织
liú流
mín民
zài在
biān边
jiāng疆
tún屯
tián田
，
jì既
kāi开
fā发
le了
huāng荒
dì地
，
yòu又
wěn稳
dìng定
le了
biān边
fáng防
。
The government organized refugees to practice tuntian in frontier areas, which both developed wasteland and stabilized border defenses.