The Path to Industrialization
Release date:
2023-06-19
In Chinese civilization, the Yellow Emperor is one of the most significant figures. He is closely associated with the lingzhi mushroom, and he was undoubtedly the first to promote its use.
In the ancient texts that have survived to this day, numerous passages record the scene in which the Yellow Emperor “received” the “Diagram of the Divine Mushrooms.” For example, Volume 197 of the Yu Hai (by Wang Yinglin of the Song dynasty), citing the Huangdi Nei Zhuan, states: “The Queen Mother dispatched an immortal to sing a song of ten thousand years of eternal life and presented the Emperor with books sealed in jade caskets and bound in jade volumes. Meeting atop the Langfeng and Yaochi, she bestowed upon him the twelve-volume ‘Diagram of the Divine Mushrooms.’” The Taiping Yulan records: “The Yellow Emperor ascended Mount Juzi, mounted the Gongdi platform, and there received the Diagram of the Divine Mushrooms from the Yellow‑Capped Boy—this is precisely the event described.” Moreover, the Shui Jing Zhu (by Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei dynasty) notes: “The Yellow Emperor climbed Mount Juzi and received the ‘Diagram of the Divine Mushrooms’ from the Yellow‑Capped Boy…”
The highly esteemed Yellow Emperor compiled numerous illustrated catalogues of edible and medicinal fungi, assembling them into a “Compendium of Materia Medica” that enjoyed widespread circulation in his time. Not only did the Yellow Emperor vigorously disseminate knowledge about gathering these fungi, but he also placed great emphasis on summarizing and promoting methods for consuming them. He authored works such as the eighteen-volume “Yellow Emperor’s Miscellaneous Treatise on Fungi,” which, according to the Tang scholar Yan Zhigu, was a specialized treatise detailing techniques for ingesting and preparing fungal remedies; regrettably, this text has since been lost…
Illustration: Han Shu, Volume 30, Treatise on Arts and Literature—“Miscellaneous Children of the Yellow Emperor: Herbs and Mushrooms”; Yu Hai, Volume 197—“Auspicious Signs”—“Diagram of the Divine Herbs of the Yellow Emperor”; Shui Jing Zhu, Volume 22.
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