神農本草經

神农本草经
Shénnóng Běncǎojīng

Shennong Ben Cao Jing, or, The Divine Farmer's Herb-Root Classic, an ancient medical text dating from the Western Han Dynasty

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Homographs

神農本草經 Shénnóng Běncǎo Jīng Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls

Entry Composition

1 神農 Shénnóng Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 Yándì and creator of agriculture
2 本草 běncǎo
  1. a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
  2. Chinese materia medica
=3 經 Jīng surname Jing
=3 經 jīng
  1. classics
  2. sacred book
  3. scripture
  4. to pass through
  5. to undergo
  6. to bear
  7. to endure
  8. warp (textile)
  9. longitude
  10. menstruation
  11. channel (TCM)
  12. abbr. for economics 經濟 jīngjì
=3 經 jìng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 徑 /径 (jìng, “diameter”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 徑 /径 (jìng, “path”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 徑 /径 (jìng, “straight; directly”)
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to weave
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, weaving) to wrap; to arrange strands of thread so that they run lengthwise
  6. alternative form of 徑 /径 (jìng, “diameter”)
  7. alternative form of 徑 /径 (jìng, “path”)
  8. alternative form of 徑 /径 (jìng, “straight; directly”)
  9. to weave
  10. to wrap; to arrange strands of thread so that they run lengthwise