It was an important agricultural work in the late Western Han Dynasty. Fan Sheng Zhi Shu, Qi Yaomin Shu, Nong Shu and Nong Zheng Quan Shu are the four major agricultural books in ancient China.

The earliest agricultural scientific work is Fan Sheng Zhi Book, which is an important agricultural work in the late Western Han Dynasty. Hanshu? Yiwenzhi is recorded as "Eighteen Articles of Fan Sheng Zhi", and The Book of Fan Sheng Zhi is a general term for later generations. Fan Sheng Zhi Shu, Qi Yaomin Shu, Nong Shu and Nong Zheng Quan Shu are the four major agricultural books in ancient China.

Fan Sheng Zhi, whose date of birth and death is unknown, lived in the late Western Han Dynasty in BC 1 century. Fan Sheng Zhi, a famous agronomist in ancient China, was born in Fanshui (now north of Cao Xian, Shandong). Fan Sheng Zhi is an important agricultural work in the late Western Han Dynasty. The book records the farming principles, crop cultivation techniques, seed selection and other agricultural production knowledge in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, reflecting the great creation of the working people at that time.