Ancient China · Legendary Ruler and Culture Hero

Divine Farmer 神農

Shennong

Legendary antiquity

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Divine Farmer was a Legendary Ruler and Culture Hero.

IdentityLegendary · Male

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TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal name 神農氏 Shennong shi
Posthumous name Human Emperor 人帝

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 12Volume 12 Treatises 2: Rites and Music 2 · 6 passages
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蜡祭百神，大明、夜明在壇上，神農、伊耆各在其壇上，后稷在壇東，五官、田畯各在其方，五星、十二次、二十八宿、五方之岳鎮、海瀆、山林、川澤、丘陵、墳衍、原隰、井泉各在其方之壇，龍、麟、朱鳥、騶虞、玄武、鱗、羽、臝、毛、介、水墉、坊、郵表畷、於菟、貓各在其方壇之後。 At the wax sacrifice to the hundred spirits, the Bright Luminary and Night Luminary are on the altar; the Divine Farmer and Yiyi each on his altar; Houji east of the altar; the Five Officials and field directors each in his direction; the Five Stars, twelve chronograms, twenty-eight lodges, directional mountains and garrisons, seas and rivers, mountains, forests, rivers, marshes, hills, mounds, plains, wetlands, and wells and springs each on altars in his direction; dragon, unicorn, vermilion bird, zouyu, dark warrior, scaled, feathered, naked, furred, shelled, water embankments, wards, postal markers, watch huts, yutu (tiger), and cat each behind altars in his direction.