齐民要术

qí mín yào shù

Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰[Jia3 Si1 xie2]

(name of states and dynasties at several different periods)

mín

(bound form) the people

yào

to want; to need; to ask for

shù

method