Ngaphezu kweminyaka engamawaka amabini eyadlulayo, kwakukho ubungqina bokuba amaTshayina anqula uLingzhi (Reishi mushroom).Iintsomi ezinxulumene nesi sityalo somlingo zinokufumaneka kwimbali.

KwiIncwadi yeentaba kunye neeLwandleyeXesha leMfazwe yamaZwe (i-476-221 BC), intombi encinci ka-Emperor Yan, u-Yaoji, yayingaqondakali ukuba yaguquka yaba yimifuno, i-Yaocao (iGrass yaseYao), emva kokuba efile.Imbongi evela kuChu, uSong Yu wambandakanya kwibali lothando kunye nothixo.Intsomi ekugqibeleni yenza uYaoji waba yimvelaphi kaLingzhi (I-Ganoderma).

KwiNgcaciso yeNyoka emhlophe, i-heroine iNyoka eMhlophe yahamba yodwa kwiNtaba ye-Emei ukuze ibambe imifuno yasezulwini (oko kukuthi, i-Lingzhi) ukuze isindise ubomi bomyeni wayo.Wazoyisa zonke iintlobo zobunzima waza ekugqibeleni washukumisa intliziyo kaThixo, owamvumela ukuba afumane imifuno yomlingo eyavuselela indoda yakhe ekufeni.Ibali lothando liye laba ngumxholo weenoveli ezingenakubalwa, iidrama, iifilimu kunye neepowusta e-China (Umfanekiso 1-1).

Isazobe 1-1 Ipowusta yeNyoka emhlophe ebiwa iLingzhi

Iimbekiselo

U-Lin ZB (ed) (2009) uLingzhi ukusuka kwimfihlelo ukuya kwisayensi, 1^sted.IPeking University Medical Press, eBeijing, iphepha 2