Ancient China · Legendary First Farmer

First Farmer 先農

Xiannong

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

First Farmer was a Legendary First Farmer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 53

Events and relationships

Offered to
AD 618 to AD 907 孟春吉亥 · Ritual · Honoree
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 11, passage 53

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 53

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 11Volume 11 Treatises 1: Rites and Music 1 · 1 passage

孟春吉亥，享先農，遂以耕籍。 On the auspicious hai day of the first month of spring, offering to the First Farmer, followed by the plowing ceremony.