Nongpu sishu 農圃四書

Nongpu sishu 農圃四書 "Four books on farming and orchards" is a collection of four texts on agriculture compiled during the Ming period 明 (1368-1644) scholar and editor Huang Xingzeng 黃省曾 (1490-1540).

These four texts dealt with rice cultivation, silk production, fish farming and the cultivation of chrysanthemums. Each book has a length of one juan. The four texts were first published as a joint edition under the name Nongpu sizhong by Zhong Mingchen 鍾名臣 and Hu Wenhuan 胡文煥 (c. 1600) in their series Tianyuan jingji congshu 田園經濟叢書 and Gezhi congshu 格致叢書.

The book Daopin 稻品 "Classes of rice" describes 27 different types of China's most important staple food. The "Manual on silkworms" Canjing 蠶經 is a detailed description of all the steps in the process of sericulture in nine chapters, from the cultivation of the mulberry tree to the shed where silkworms are raised and various tools, to spinning the yarn. The book Yiju 藝菊 "Artfully [cultivating] chrysanthemums" talks about the cultivation of chrysanthemums and is therefore an essential addition to books that only refer to the various kinds of this flower, like Shishi jupu 史氏菊譜, Liushi jupu 劉氏菊譜 or Fancun jupu 范村菊譜. It is divided into six chapters and talks about how to treat the soil, the seeds, shoots, and the plants and the pots in which the flowers are grown. The "Manual on fishes" Yujing 魚經 (also called Yangyujing 養魚經 or Zhongyujing 種魚經) finally includes three chapters.

The Nongpu sishu is also found in the series Nongxue congke 農學叢刻.