Shennong: The Divine Farmer Who Tasted a Hundred Herbs

After humanity began to understand the world, people still needed food, medicine, and the wisdom to survive.In this episode, we tell the story of Shennong, the Divine Farmer. He taught people to farm and grow grains, and he personally tasted hundreds of herbs to discover which were edible, which could heal diseases, and which were poisonous.He was poisoned many times but never gave up. In the end, Shennong became one of the great legendary ancestors of Chinese civilization, remembered as the origin of agriculture and medicine.This is Episode 4 of Chinese Mythology Stories.Source note: This episode is based on traditional Chinese mythology. The script has been rewritten, edited, and produced as an original educational audio story.