Jik was called a grain crop in ancient times, some books say it was a crop like millet, others say it was grain (corn).

Jiangshan Sheji

Pronunciation: ?jiāng shān shè jì?

Meaning: the king ruled over ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains, and the common people planted crops on the land of ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains. The blessing of the altars of the gods is the blessing of the people; if the king's rivers and mountains are the people's altars of the gods, the people will have no worries about food and clothing, and the king's rivers and mountains will be solid.

Citation: Mencius - Under the Heart of Perfection: "The people are the most important thing, the altars of the earth and grain come second, and the king is the least important thing."

Expanded Information

Other meanings of Jik:

1. It means related to crops.

Example: millet and jik have no success. --GuoYu-JinYu. Note: "Sorghum also." According to the thousands of grains and corn three for the millet, Jigen rice beam of the great name. Liang is now a small millet son of the big and not sticky, and Jik don't.

2, derived as a general term for crops and food.

Example: His millet is away from him, and he is the seedling of Jik.

3. An ancient official in charge of agricultural affairs.

Example: The gods of earth and grain depend on the Lord, and the safety and security of women. --Rong Yu "Wing Shi"

4, ancient place names.

Jik has 12 meanings?1?edible crop, that is, corn. See "Er Ya". 2?An ancient official in charge of agriculture. See Zuo Zhuan - Zhaogong twenty-nine years" in the use of this meaning.3?The god of the five grains. See "Rituals and Sacrifices" (礼记-祭法)4?祭祀谷神. See Xunzi - Rites of Passage (荀子-礼论).5 The place where the god of grain is sacrificed. See Han Shu - Suburban Sacrifice ...