Divine Husbandman; legendary founder of Chinese agriculture and medicine said to have taught people how to farm and to have tasted hundreds of herbs to test their medicinal properties. One of the 三皇 sān​huáng and often identified with the Flame Emperor 炎帝 yán​dì.

an ancient book on Chinese herbal medicine; Chinese materia medica

classic; scripture; sacred book; religious or authoritative canon