The Yellow Emperor compiled the Lingzhi Scripture, elevating the promotion of lingzhi to a national policy.
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 ancient texts that have survived to the present 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 celestial beings 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. At the lofty pavilion above Langfeng and the Jade Pool, she bestowed upon him the twelve-volume ‘Diagram of the Divine Mushrooms.’” The Taiping Yulan records: “The Yellow Emperor ascended Mount Juzi, mounted the platform of Gongdi, 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 work known as the “Compendium of Materia Medica,” which 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 ingesting them. He authored such works as the eighteen-volume “Yellow Emperor’s Miscellaneous Treatise on Fungi and Mushrooms” (which, according to Yan Zhigu of the Tang dynasty, was a specialized treatise detailing techniques for preparing and consuming 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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