"White Tiger Tong Yinuo." It is said that Shennong can create agricultural tools such as Lai Zhao according to the right time, right place and human harmony, so it is named Shennong. For the first time, Yan Di and Shennong were collectively called "Yan Di Shennong" in Shiben Xidi Pian, which means that Yan Di is Shennong, the body number of Yan Di and the code name of Shennong. Henkel lured the book Huai Nan Zi Shi Ze Xun, and when he mentioned Chi Di, he put Chi Di and Shennong together, saying that Chi Di was Yan Di, the son of Shaodian, and was named Shennong and Nanhuo Dedi. Zuo Zhuan, Mandarin and Book of Rites all mentioned that Shanshi Lie can grow hundreds of crops and vegetables. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zheng Xuan noted the Book of Rites, and Zhao Wei in the Three Kingdoms noted Mandarin. It was said that Shanshi Lie was Emperor Yan. Volume 32 of Notes on Water Mirror merged Shanshi Lie with Shennong, saying that the south-west of the backwater passes through southern Hunan of Li, and there are heavy mountains in the south, which is a fierce mountain. There is a cave at the foot of the mountain, which is said to be the birthplace of Shennong, so the Book of Rites called it Shennong Shanshi Lie. There are two theories about the origin of the name "Lieli, Lieshan". "History of Taoism" holds that the original word Lieshan is regarded as Lieshan or Lishan, and because Shennong "traces" in Lieshan, it is named Lieshan and Lishan. Liu Chenghuai's "Ancient Myth of China" thought that Emperor Yan was a god and released Yamakaji by violence, so it was named Shanshi Lie.
Historical Records of Five Emperors suggests that Emperor Yan and Shennong are not the same person. Speaking of the Yellow Emperor, the Shennong era has declined, and the princes invaded each other and oppressed the people. Shennong couldn't be conquered, so the Yellow Emperor "Xiu De transferred soldiers" to crusade against Yandi and Chiyou, who were the most harmful, and gained great prestige after cutting them off, so Shennong became the world. Shennong doesn't do conquering, which is consistent with Zhuang Yu's saying that Shennong "has no intention of harming each other" and the monk Shu Huace's saying that Shennong "is ruled without punishment, and one soldier can't afford to be king". How can he become a man who "invades the monarch and despots the people" like Yan Di? The yellow emperor, who is brave and good at fighting, actually wants to "fight him three times and win his ambition again." In addition, Historical Records and Guan Chan are divided into two people, and Xu's Legend of China Ancient History also claims that they are two people.
Why does Shennong grow grain? "White Tiger Yi Tong" records: "People in ancient times ate animals and poultry. As for Shennong, there are many people and there are not enough livestock. Therefore, Shennong is called Shennong because of its favorable weather, favorable geographical conditions and harmonious people, which makes people changeable. " This shows that Shennong era is the turning point of China's development from primitive animal husbandry to primitive agriculture. At that time, the population had already given birth in large numbers, and livelihood was the verification of prey and plants. But there are fewer and fewer birds in the sky, and the animals on the ground are getting thinner and thinner, so it is difficult to wrap food. How can we solve the problem of people's eating? Shennong's hard thinking can be described as racking his brains.
According to the Records of the Picking Up, one day, a bird with a red body was flying in the sky, with a colorful nine-ear valley in its mouth. When it passed Shennong's head, Jiusui Valley fell to the ground. Shennong saw it, picked it up and buried it in the soil, and later it grew into a piece. He rubbed the ears of wheat with his hand and put them in his mouth. It felt delicious. So he taught people to cut trees, cut grass, use axes, hoes, plows and other production tools, reclaim land and plant millet.
Shennong was inspired by this: millet can be planted every year, and there is a steady stream. If we can choose more plants for human use and plant more, won't the problem of eating be solved? At that time, grains and weeds grew together, herbs and flowers bloomed together, and no one could tell which ones were edible and which ones were not. Shennong tasted the same, tasted the same, and finally screened out glutinous rice, wheat, millet, rice and other grains, so later generations respectfully called him "the Lord of the five grains" and "the Lord of the farmers".
After planting grains, the people of Shennong not only depend on the sky to harvest, but also teach them to dig wells and pump water to irrigate crops. There is a well in every corner of this platform, and a well in the center of Taichung will fluctuate. Because this area has been attacked by the Yellow River water many times in history, the Yellow River receded and deposited a lot of sediment. Most of these wells are buried underground, and now only one eye is found, just 200 steps south of the distribution right. This Seisensui is clear and sweet. Every day, nearly a hundred people in Fiona Fang come here to get water, which is called divine water. It is said that it can cure diseases directly.
Later generations built a temple on this high platform to commemorate the great achievements of Shennong in tasting grass and growing grain. Legend has it that Shennong was born on the fifth day of the first lunar month, so every year from the fifth day of the first lunar month to the twentieth day of the first lunar month, a sacrifice is formed to pray for a bumper harvest. Celebrities and literati of all ages have come here to worship everywhere. According to the county records, after Cao Zhi came here to pay his respects in the Three Kingdoms, he wrote the famous "Shen Nong Zan", "If there are few classics, fire makes a wood. Let it be thunder and sow the valley for the people. It's Ya Qin, so you can clear customs. "
The statue of Shennong in Wugutai has leaves on its shoulders, horns on its head and grain in its hand. The murals on the wall recorded the main achievements of his life, except reclaiming wasteland, tasting herbs, sowing grains and pumping irrigation, making pottery and tasting medicines to treat diseases.
With the emergence of agriculture, there are few fruits of human labor left. At this time, Shennong set up a market, so that everyone could take inexhaustible food and things to the market for exchange at noon every day, so there was the first commodity trading in China.
At the same time, he also invented pottery, which solved the daily necessities of human beings-utensils, pots and pans.
Another great achievement of Shennong was the establishment of China Medicine and Medical Skills.
"Lu Outline" records: "The people have diseases, and the medicine stone is unknown. Emperor Yan began to nourish plants, investigate their coldness, warmth, flatness and warmth, and distinguish the meanings of monarch, minister, assistant and envoy. After tasting seventy poisons, God turned it into reality, so he began to treat people's diseases in his composition book. "