近代我国农民收入很低,而各种负担却非常沉重,因此农民生活极端贫困,这是人所共知的事实。但农民负担究竟有多重,则言人人殊,须要作进一步的实证研究。解放后,我曾应国务院第八办公室之约,对抗日战争前农民负担,作过一个粗略的估计。为了迁就史料,姑且选取1933年作为代表年份。估计的结果为: It is a well-known fact that the incomes of peasants in our country are very low and the various burdens are so heavy in recent years that peasants live in extreme poverty. However, if there are multiple peasant burdens, the pretexts are very different and require further empirical research. After the liberation, I made a rough estimate at the appointment of the Eighth Office of the State Council about the peasants’ burden before the Japan-Japan War. In order to accommodate historical data, tentatively choose 1933 as the representative year. The estimated result is: