1. Shen Nong controlled the grass and taught people how to farm because of the favorable timing of heaven and earth. This reflects Shen Nong’s advanced farming ideas.
2. "Shennong controlled the grass and taught the people how to farm due to the favorable timing of heaven and earth." This comes from "Bai Hu Tong" written by Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty based on the results of the meeting.
The meaning of these sentences is: According to the differences in weather changes and geographical environment, Shennong made grass (agricultural tools from ancient times) to teach the people to farm. It reflects the transformation of my country's primitive residents from a life of gathering and hunting to a life of farming.
3. Introduction to "Baihu Tong"
Baihu Tong, the title of the book, is also known as "Baihu Tongyi" and "Baihu Tongde Lun". In the fourth year of the founding of Emperor Zhang of the Eastern Han Dynasty (79 years), the imperial court held a meeting at Baihu Temple. Taichang, generals, officials, doctors, Yilang, Langguan, as well as other scholars and scholars stated their opinions and "discussed the similarities and differences of the Five Classics" with the intention of bridging the gap. Similarities and differences between modern and ancient classics. Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty personally adjudicated on the meaning of the classics, and the outcome of the meeting was written by Ban Gu into the book "Baihu Tongyi", referred to as "Baihu Tong".
"Baihu Tong" has always been regarded as a compilation of materials from the White Tiger Confucian Confucian Conference of the Eastern Han Dynasty. This book is not only a product of the development of Confucian classics, but also the academic knowledge of the time from the emperor to the Confucian scholars. , has the exemplary value of preserving the appearance of Confucian classics at that time.