Shujun, the Glossary
Shujun is a Chinese god of farming and cultivation, also known as Yijun and Shangjun.[1]
Table of Contents
13 relations: Agriculture in China, Bovidae in Chinese mythology, Bovinae, Chinese mythology, Culture hero, Di Jun, Family tree of Chinese monarchs (ancient), Five Grains, Hou Ji, Plough, Shennong, Working animal, Yellow Emperor.
- Agriculture in China
Agriculture in China
China primarily produces rice, wheat, potatoes, tomato, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed, corn and soybeans.
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Bovidae in Chinese mythology
Bovidae in Chinese mythology include various myths and legends about a group of biologically distinct animals which form important motifs within Chinese mythology.
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Bovinae
Bovines (subfamily Bovinae) comprise a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large-sized ungulates, including cattle, bison, African buffalo, water buffalos, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes.
Chinese mythology
Chinese mythology is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature throughout the area now known as Greater China.
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Culture hero
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.) who changes the world through invention or discovery.
Di Jun
Di Jun also known as Emperor Jun is one of the ancient supreme deities of China, now known primarily through five chapters of the Shanhaijing (Yang 2005, 97). Shujun and di Jun are Agriculture in China and Chinese gods.
Family tree of Chinese monarchs (ancient)
This is a family tree of Chinese monarchs covering the period of the Five Emperors up through the end of the Spring and Autumn period.
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Five Grains
The Five Grains or Cereals are a grouping (or set of groupings) of five farmed crops that were all important in ancient China. Shujun and five Grains are Agriculture in China.
Hou Ji
Hou Ji (or Houji) was a legendary Chinese culture hero credited with introducing millet to humanity during the time of the Xia dynasty. Shujun and Hou Ji are Chinese gods.
Plough
A plough or plow (US; both) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting.
Shennong
Shennong (神農), variously translated as "Divine Farmer" or "Divine Husbandman", born Jiang Shinian (姜石年), was a mythological Chinese ruler known as the first Yan Emperor who has become a deity in Chinese and Vietnamese folk religion. Shujun and Shennong are Chinese gods.
Working animal
A working animal is an animal, usually domesticated, that is kept by humans and trained to perform tasks instead of being slaughtered to harvest animal products.
Yellow Emperor
The Yellow Emperor, also known as the Yellow Thearch or by his Chinese name Huangdi, is a mythical Chinese sovereign and culture hero included among the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and an individual deity (shen) or part of the Five Regions Highest Deities in Chinese folk religion.
See also
Agriculture in China
- Agriculture in China
- Agriculture in Chinese mythology
- Agriculture in Hong Kong
- Agriculture in Macau
- Animal welfare and rights in China
- Aquaculture in China
- Black Diamond Apple
- Bo Yi (legendary leader)
- China's Rural Reform
- Chinese farmers
- Chunche
- Cockroach farming
- Coffea arabica
- Collective farming
- Dazhai
- Di Jun
- Equal-field system
- Fengjian
- Five Grains
- Food policy in China
- Grain for Green
- High-level equilibrium trap
- History of agriculture in China
- Irrigation in China
- Liang Jun (tractor driver)
- Liaohe Plain
- Linpan in Chengdu Plain
- Nanfengmiju
- Pearl farming industry in China
- Poor and lower-middle peasants
- Qimin Yaoshu
- Rural society in China
- Sericulture
- Shujun
- Well-field system
- Wine in China
- Xiangliangyou 900