Ancient China · Ruler

Shen Nong 神农

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shen Nong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 69

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 89Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 · 1 passage

宫室寝庙，山陵相望，高显弘丽，可思可荣，羲、农已来，无兹著明。 Palaces and tombs crowd the horizon, vast and splendid, stirring pride—nothing since Fu Xi and Shen Nong has gleamed so visibly.