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Chinese Literature
Shennong bencaojing 神農本草經 "The Classic of Roots and Herbs by Shennong"

Confucian Classics
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Masters and Philosophers
° Rujia Confucian treatises
° Bingjia Military treatises
° Fajia Legist or legalist treatises
° Nongjia Agricultural treatises
° Yijia Medical treatises
° Tianwen suanfa Astronomical and mathematical treatises
° Shushu Divination books
° Yishu Treatises on art
° Pulu Scientific treatises
° Zajia Miscellaneous treatises
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° Shijia Buddhists
° Daojia Daoists
Anthologies and Collected Works

Chapters of the Shennong bencaojing

Exemplarious translation:

人參．一名人銜．一名鬼蓋．味甘微寒．生山谷．補五藏．安精神．定魂魄．止驚悸．除邪氣．明目．開心益智．久服輕身延年． Ginseng: other names are renxian or guigai. The taste is sweet. It grows in mountain valleys.

Translated by Ulrich Theobald.