Tea, which acts as an antidote against the poisonous effects of some seventy herbs, is also said to have been his discovery.
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Sima Zhen, who added a prologue for the Shiji, said his surname was Jiang (姜), and proceeded to list his successors.
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After many years of tribal wars, the Huangdi tribes, Yandi tribes and the Yi tribes formed an alliance which consisted of roughly 100 tribes, hence the origin of the Baixing (Chinese: 百姓), or the "hundred surnames."
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Thousands of years ago, along the plain of the Yellow River, there lived several large tribes, including the Huangdi tribes (Chinese: 黄帝族), Yandi tribes (Chinese: 炎帝族), Yi tribes (Chinese: 夷族) and the Jiuli Tribes (Chinese: 九黎族).
In the Bamboo Annals, one of the earliest sources, it is mentioned that when Emperor Zhuanxu died, a descendant of Shennong named Shuqe raised a disturbance, but was destroyed by the prince of Sin, who was Ku (Gaoxin), a descendant of Huangdi, who then ascended to the throne.