7.77.1880-1883 Food & Money 1 Mingshi 7/77/1880-1881, 1882, 1883. Dun Li, The Essence of Chinese Civilization (Princeton: Van Nostrand, 1967), pp. 244-5. Note that these figures are not necessarily accurate. See Martin Heijdra, “The Socio-Economic Development of Rural China during the Ming,” Cambridge History of China, volume 8, for some of the difficulties in working with population and land figures.
7.79.1925-1926 Food & Money 3 Food and Money 3 (excerpts) Mingshi 7/79/1925-1926. Dun Li, The Essence of Chinese Civilization (Princeton: Van Nostrand, 1967), pp. 297-300. Please note that Dun Li interpolated editorial comments into his translation without noting the interpolation. For instance, “this remarkable system” and “Successful as his program was” do not appear in the original. Caveat emptor.
I attempted to trace the copyright holder for these short excerpts, and traced van Nostrand to Cengage, which told me they do not hold the copyright. If the copyright holder comes forward, I will happily ask for proper permission.