Eight achievements of Emperor Yan:
1. Start farming. "Under the Yi Cohesion" said: "There is nothing in the Bao family, but it is made by the gods, with wood as the coffin and the rubbings of wood as the benefit to teach the world." "Guanzi" said: "Shennong teaches agriculture, and the people benefit from growing grain ..." The use of Lei Lei and the cultivation of grain solved the great event that food is the most important thing for the people, and made human beings change from primitive nomadic life to farming civilization. 2. Taste herbs and invent medicines. Shennong experimented with vegetation by himself, cured people's diseases, relieved people's suffering and prolonged people's life. The Book of the World contains: "Shennong and medicine help the people", and Huainanzi says: Shennong "tasted the taste of herbs, and the sweetness and bitterness of water springs made the people know what to do. At this time, it encounters 70 kinds of poisons a day. " China's first monograph on pharmacology, Shennong Herbal Classic, belongs to Shennong. 3. Use hemp as cloth to make clothes. "Emperor Wang Daji" contains: "Treat its silk and hemp to make cloth." Shennong taught the people to turn Sang Ma into cloth and silk, which solved the era of being wrapped in hides and leaves. 4. Japan and China are the markets that initiated the first transaction. Yi copula said: "Shennong takes Japan and China as the city, the people of the world, the wealth of the world, and the retreat of business, each with its own place." In Suizhou, it is called the White Noon Collection, that is, whenever the sun is at its peak, people get together to exchange goods and go home after the transaction. The barter transaction invented by Shennong laid the foundation for commercial development. 5. Cut the tung for the piano and practice the silk for the string. "The Book of Poetry" said: "Shennong ... began to cut tung into a piano and practice silk as a string". The banjo lost in Qin and Han dynasties in China was found in the tomb of Zeng Houyi in Suizhou, which is almost the same as the banjo mentioned in Shiben. Shennong invented musical instruments, and used harmonious music to make tribes understand, so as to control chaos. 6. String wood is an arc and wood is a vector. The invention of bow and arrow stopped the attack of wild animals, cracked down on the invasion of foreign tribes and protected the fruits of labor. 7. Making pottery is a tool and forging axe is a tool. "Zi Tongzhi Jianwai Ji" contains: "The axe of Shennong is ploughing." With pottery, you can store and cook food and improve your living conditions. 8. Live on the terrace and live in peace and contentment. "The History of Taoism" recorded that Shennong "stopped living in Xiangtu, making people know and avoid it." Building a house gives people a shelter from the wind and rain, a retreat.