Ancient China · Legendary Ruler

Agricultural Sovereign 農皇

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Agricultural Sovereign was a Legendary Ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 193

Events and relationships

Spread the nine measures
Legendary agriculture · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 193

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 16: Xie Zhan, Kong Linzhi · 1 passage

是以九棘播于農皇，十朋興於上代。 Therefore the nine measures were spread by the Agricultural Sovereign, and strings of cowries arose in high antiquity.