神农本草经

Traditional form:

神農本草經

Pinyin (reading):

Shénnóng Běncǎo Jīng

Definitions:

• Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls

Characters:

• 神 - god, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural
• 农 - agriculture, farming; farmer
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 经 - the classics; to experience, to undergo

Traditional characters:

• 神 - god, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural
• 農 - agriculture, farming; farmer
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 經 - the classics; to experience, to undergo