Shennong Bencaojing

Shennong Bencaojing
Traditional Chinese神農本草經
Simplified Chinese神农本草经
Literal meaningShennong's Plant-Root Classic
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShénnóng Běncǎo Jīng
Wade–GilesShen2-nung2 Pen3-ts'ao3 Ching1
IPA[ʂə̌n.nʊ̌ŋ pə̀n.tsʰàʊ tɕíŋ]

Shennong Bencaojing (also Classic of the Materia Medica or Shen-nong's Herbal Classics and Shen-nung Pen-tsao Ching; Chinese: 神農本草經) is a Chinese book on agriculture and medicinal plants, traditionally attributed to Shennong. Researchers believe the text is a compilation of oral traditions, written between the first and second centuries AD. The original text no longer exists, but is said to have been composed of three volumes containing 365 entries on medicaments and their description.

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