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    The (c. 304 CE) Nanfang caomu zhuang (南方草木狀 Plants of the Southern Regions), attributed to the Western Jin dynasty scholar and botanist Ji Han (嵇含, 263-307)...
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    be adopted as standard by later works of this genre including the Nanfang Caomu Zhuang, Linhai Shuishang Yiwu Zhi (临海水上异物志), Nanzhou Yiwu Zhi (南州异物志), Hainan...
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    Gardening portal Aquaponics Aquaculture Historical hydroculture Nanfang Caomu Zhuang, 4th-century Chinese record of floating gardens Waru Waru Oxford...
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    first clear mention of I. aquatica in Chinese records is in the Nanfang Caomu Zhuang written by the Chinese botanist Ji Han (AD 263-307). Ji Han specifically...
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    Herzog Myrmarachne plataleoides, a spider that mimics the weaver ant Nanfang Caomu Zhuang, earliest Chinese record of O. smaragdina "citrus ants" protecting...
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    the use of an insect species to control an insect pest comes from "Nanfang Caomu Zhuang" (南方草木狀 Plants of the Southern Regions) (c. 304 AD), attributed to...
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    agriculture History of gardening Horticulture Incan agriculture Nanfang Caomu Zhuang, earliest record of floating gardens Water garden "History of hydroponics"...
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    Persian gardens and Chinese gardens. For instance, the (c. 304) Nanfang Caomu Zhuang records cultivating Chinese spinach on floating gardens. Water features...
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    of a special red starter for the first time. The fourth-century Nanfang Caomu Zhuang has the earliest description of preparing a natural "herb ferment"...
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    being the product of wild or natural fermentations. The (c. 304) Nanfang Caomu Zhuang has the earliest description of winemaking using "herb ferment" (cǎoqū...
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  • water. Upon swallowing this, it will cure immediately". The c. 304 Nanfang Caomu Zhuang mentions sweetgum tree growths in a quite different context, the...
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  • (1975-1979) Flora of Taiwan, and the first translator of the c. 304 Nanfang Caomu Zhuang "Plants of the Southern Regions" (1979). Li was awarded a Harrison...
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    neoflavonoids. Ziteng was first described in 304 AD in a book on plants, Nanfang Caomu Zhuang (Plants of the Southern Regions) written by Ji Han, as having long...
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  • Lu Shi A collection of poetry from the 11th to 7th centuries BC Nanfang Caomu Zhuang (Plants of the Southern Regions) 南方草木状; 南方草木狀 Claims to have been...
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