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    Shennong (神農), variously translated as "Divine Farmer" or "Divine Husbandman", born Jiang Shinian (姜石年), was a mythological Chinese ruler known as the...
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  • Shennong Bencaojing (also Classic of the Materia Medica or Shen-nong's Herbal Classics and Shen-nung Pen-tsao Ching; traditional Chinese: 神農本草經; simplified...
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    Shennong Stream (Chinese: 神农溪; pinyin: Shénnóng Xī) is a left tributary of the Yangtze River, located in the Hubei Province of central China. Fed by tributaries...
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  • Shennong was a legendary leader of China. Shennong may also refer to: Shennong, Shaanxi, town in Baoji, Shaanxi, China Shennong, Shanxi, town in Gaoping...
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  • with the stories of Nüwa existing as a spirit in the Shang dynasty and Shennong being identified as the godly form of Hou Ji and a founder of the Zhou...
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  • Shennong Mountain (simplified Chinese: 神农山; traditional Chinese: 神農山; pinyin: Shénnóng shān) lies in the northwest of Qinyang, Henan, China. Its main peak...
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    the Shennongjia ("Shennong's Ladder") area of Hubei, an oral epic poem titled the Hei'anzhuan ("Story of Chaos") describes Shennong finding the seeds...
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    as the legendary Shennong. An academic conference held in China in 2004 achieved general consensus that the Yan Emperor and Shennong were the same person...
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  • Shennong (simplified Chinese: 神农; traditional Chinese: 神農; pinyin: Shénnóng) is a town under the administration of Gaoping, Shanxi, China. As of 2023[update]...
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    or Nányuèdàdì (南岳大帝 "Great Deity of the Southern Peak"), as a human was Shénnóng (神农 "Farmer God" or "Plowing God"), who is also the same as Yándì (炎帝 "Flame...
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    Shilin Shennong Temple (traditional Chinese: 士林神農宮; simplified Chinese: 士林神农宫; pinyin: Shìlín Shénnóng Gōng) is a Chinese temple dedicated to Shennong Dadi...
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  • Somatochlora shennong is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It was described in 2014 based on specimens from Hubei, China, and is also known...
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  • Shennong (simplified Chinese: 神农; traditional Chinese: 神農; pinyin: Shénnóng) is a town under the administration of Weibin District, Baoji, Shaanxi, China...
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    During the time of Huangdi, Shennong's descendants declined. Hong Sheng and the Yan emperor were descended from Shennong. They both possessed comprehensive...
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    Chinese historiographical tradition places it in the 26th century BC. The Shennong tribes originally were a branch of the late Neolithic agricultural people...
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    caffeine with an analgesic. According to Chinese legend, the Chinese emperor Shennong, reputed to have reigned in about 3000 BCE, inadvertently discovered tea...
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    Hui Chi Temple Ciyou Temple Dalongdong Baoan Temple Guandu Temple Shilin Shennong Temple Xiahai City God Xingtian Temple Zhinan Temple Churches Beitou Presbyterian...
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    the five grains from the time of the legendary and deified Chinese sage Shennong (the existence of whom Yingxing wrote was "an uncertain matter") into the...
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    Fire) Huilu (Huoshen, Goddess of Fire) Yandi (Huozhu, Accident of Fire) Shennong (Huozhu, Accident of Fire) Hua Guang Da Di Ebo (Huozheng, Primary Fire)...
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    Generations of Kings and Emperors 帝王世紀. Article "Shennong-shi". Rulers from Shennong-shi were: (1) Shennong-shi 神農氏; (2) Emperor Lin Kui 帝临魁; (3) Emperor...
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    Prayer tablet (rear) of the Sukunahikona-Shrine in Osaka (Japan) showing the medicinal deities Sukunahikona (Japan) and Shennong (China)...
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    deities attested to in pre-Han sources, deities such as Nüwa, Fuxi and Shennong, the legendary founder of agriculture and herbal medicine. In some instances...
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    Mufu Mountains form the border with Jiangxi. The highest peak in Hubei is Shennong Peak, found in the Daba Mountains of the forestry area of Shennongjia;...
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  • (abortifacient knowledge is often attributed to the mythological ruler Shennong), ancient India since its Vedic age, ancient Egypt with its Ebers Papyrus...
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    after their mothers copulated with divine dragons, including Huangdi, Shennong, Emperor Yao, and Emperor Shun. The god Zhurong and the emperor Qi are...
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    invention by such deities or cultural heroes such as Shennong, Houji, Houtu, and Shujun: of these Shennong is the most famous, according to Lihui Yang. There...
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    burnt sponge for the treatment of goitre. The Chinese pharmacology text Shennong Ben Cao Jing, written ca. 200–250, also refers to goitre. In 1500 polymath...
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    Grains". Shennong is a mythological Chinese deity in Chinese folk religion and venerated as a mythical sage ruler of prehistoric China. Shennong's descendants...
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    In China, the psychoactive properties of cannabis are described in the Shennong Bencaojing (3rd century AD). Cannabis smoke was inhaled by Daoists, who...
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    Pharmacy in China dates at least to the earliest known Chinese manual, the Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Herb-Root Classic), dating back to the...
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