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灵芝

靈芝
líng zhī

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líng zhī
  1. 1.lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)

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  1. 1.lingzhi (mushroom used in traditional Asian medicine, namely, Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma tsugae, or others in the genus Ganoderma)

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Etymology

According to Wasson (1968), this compound noun is coined by Ban Gu (班固) (32 - 92 CE) in the poem 《郊祀靈芝歌》 ("Ode to the Numinous Mushroom for the Suburban Sacrifice"): Ban Gu's coining is inspired by the description of a Ganoderma mushroom (芝) as "numinous" (靈) in a poem composed in 109 BCE by Emperor Wu of Han (漢武帝 (Hàn Wǔ Dì)) and preserved in the Book of Han, "chapter 22" (translation based on Wasson, 1968)

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