也谈炎帝 神农氏与湖南茶史

A Discussion on Yandi,Shennongshi and Hunan Tea History

通过对炎帝、神农和湖南茶史的有关研究成果和文献资料进行归纳整理,可知:炎帝其所以得名,是以火德王天下。神农因天之时,分地之利,制耒耜,教民农作。神而化之,使民宜之,故谓之神农。神农氏和炎帝起源于南方,逐渐北上,一度在姜水一带成功称霸,后来被黄帝打败,最后又撤回南方老家,并葬在湖南。陆羽说过"茶之为饮,发乎神农氏",炎陵是神农氏的归葬之地,神农氏在湖南的活动中应当涉及到了茶。很多古籍上有关于湖南茶事的记载,这些典籍可以证明湖南有着悠久的产茶历史。

Through the research result on Yandi,Shennong and Hunan tea history and the summary of documentary files,we can conclude that Yandi is named after the then status Fire Virtue Overwhelm;Shennong is named after he took advantage of the heaven time,ground soil,making agricultural tools and teaching the farmers like a God.The people are thankful to him, thus gave him this name as a return.Shenong ＆ Yandi originated from the South,and developed gradually into the North,once assumed hegemony in the Jiang River area.Later he was defeated by Huangdi and retreated to his south base,and was buried in Hunan upon death .Luyu ever said＇Tea as drink ,start from Shennongshi＇,Yanling is the final burial site of Shennongshi.Many of Shennongshi＇s activities in Hunan are concerned on tea.Many Old Classics have records on Hunan tea affaires,which is a proof that Hunan has long history producing tea.