Tuntian (屯田) or tunken (屯墾) was a type of frontier "military-agricultural colonies" in the history of China. Troops were sent to harsh landscapes at the...

Cao Cao's bas revolt against him and come up with the plan to adopt the tuntian farming system that would be an important part of Cao Cao's rise and the...

Qing Province. Since 192, he developed military agricultural colonies (tuntian) to support his army. Although the system imposed a heavy tax on hired...

populated areas in its early decades, taking the model of the traditional tuntian system of setting military units in frontier areas. The XJBT was severely...

suggestion to implement the tuntian system of agriculture to produce a sustainable supply of grain for his growing army. The tuntian agricultural colonies gave...

tenants of a tuntian were expected to protect themselves in times of emergencies and in return were exempt from corvée labour. Unlike the tuntian system of...

often oversee the supply lines and was entrusted with implementing the key tuntian farming system. Ren Jun was from Zhongmu County (中牟縣), Henan Commandery...

rule of Emperor Wu of Han colonized the Hexi Corridor and Ordos Plateau. Tuntian, self-sustaining agricultural military garrisons, were established in frontier...

or families. To address the food shortage, Zheng Chenggong instituted a tuntian (military farm) policy in which soldiers worked as farmers when not assigned...

flowing horse to transport food supplies to the frontline, he implemented a tuntian plan by ordering his troops to grow crops alongside civilians at the south...