In this light it becomes somewhat less surprising that European monarchs such as Louis XV and Louis XVI of France as well as Joseph Ⅱ of Austria should copy the ritual of ploughing the first furrows in spring as carried out by the Chinese emperor.
此外，包括法王路易十五、十六、奧地利王約瑟夫二世在內的歐洲國王，都曾經效法中國皇帝在春天示範扶犁播種的「籍田」儀式。