神农尝百草的传说，见于西汉的《淮南子·修务训》：神农「尝百草之滋味，水泉之甘苦，令民知所辟就。当此之时，一日而遇七十毒」。意思是他亲口品尝各种草木和泉水，告诉人们哪些能吃、哪些要避开，有时一天就会遇到七十种毒。

The legend of Shennong is recorded in the chapter Xiu Wu Xun of the Huainanzi, from the Western Han: Shennong tasted the flavours of all kinds of plants and the sweetness or bitterness of springs, so that people would know what to eat and what to avoid; at that time he would meet as many as seventy poisons in a single day.

《神农本草经》并不是神农亲手写的，而是后人托他的名字编成，大约成书于东汉，是中国现存最早的药物学专著，共记载了365种药物。直到今天，中医里许多草药知识，仍能在这部书里找到源头。

The Shennong Bencao Jing was not written by Shennong himself but compiled later in his name, probably in the Eastern Han dynasty. It is the oldest surviving book on medicines in China and records 365 kinds of medicine. Even today, much of the herbal knowledge in Chinese medicine can be traced back to it.

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