It is possible that descendents of Shennong established a home in this area, giving rise to the idea that it was a birthplace of Shennong. Left: An artifact at the Shanghai Museum from about 800-900 B.C. found in the area where Shennong is believed to have lived (Fufeng County, Shaanxi).
Hypostasis is a Greek word á½ÏÏÏÏÎ±ÏÎ¹Ï that has a range of meanings: nature, substance, image, essence, etc.
WALTER CANNON devised the term homeostasis in 1930 while referring to how the body maintains its temperature, among other key variables. Credit: American Psysiological Society. Homeostasis, from the Greek words for same and steady, refers to any process that living things use to actively maintain fairly stable conditions necessary for survival.