This was often referred to as the "constitution", and consisted of: " the popularization of new breeds and seeds", "close planting", "deep ploughing", "increased fertilization", "the innovation of farm tools", " improved field management", "pest control", and "increased irrigation." (125) Though at the time Mao felt that this would help China pull out on top it actually caused China to fall into a famine that later became really difficult to get out of. ... The first point discussed in the blueprint, the popularization of new breeds and seeds, brought not only problems to the country but al...

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Confucianism took a humanistic approach in which an individual's action determined whether they were good or bad. ... He perceived benevolence as seeds, like apple seeds, which after being sown, will sprout and grow. " This renders the idea that an individual uses oneself as a role model to standardize one's behavior in relative to others around them. ...

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In 1959 he declared to a group of government ministers 'Peasants are hiding food and a very bad. ... The whole Chinese population was called on to end the menace of sparrows and other wild birds which ate crop seeds. ...

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