- 青苗法 qīngmiáofǎ Young Green Shoots LawAn agricultural loan program introduced by the Song Dynasty official [[王安石|王安石|wang2 an1 shi2]] to protect farmers from high-interest lenders by providing low-interest government loans during the planting season
- 放青苗 fàngqīngmiáo to buy standing crops cheaplyTo buy standing crops at extremely low prices from poor farmers in need of cash before the harvest; historically used as a form of disguised usury by landlords and merchants.