Definition

1. Noun:
   • Public field / Communal field: Historically, a rice field or agricultural land collectively owned and managed by a village or commune in Vietnam. The produce or use of this land was shared for the benefit of the community or the state.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trước đây, làng chúng tôi có nhiều ruộng công. (In the past, our village had many public fields.)
  • Sản phẩm thu hoạch từ ruộng công được dùng cho việc chung. (The harvest from the communal field was used for common purposes.)

Advanced Usage

• The concept of "ruộng công" is primarily historical and is often discussed in the context of traditional Vietnamese agrarian society, feudalism, or communal land tenure systems before modern land reforms.

Variants and Related Words

• Công điền (n): A synonym for "ruộng công," meaning public or communal rice fields.
  • Công điền là một phần quan trọng trong cơ cấu xã hội cũ. (Public rice fields were an important part of the old social structure.)

Synonyms

• Communal land: Land owned and worked by a community.
• Public rice field: A rice field designated for public or communal use.

Related Concepts

• Ruộng tư (n): Private field; land owned by individuals or families, in contrast to ruộng công.
  • Gia đình họ có cả ruộng tư lẫn được chia phần từ ruộng công. (Their family had private fields and also received a share from the communal field.)

1. Public field