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. 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. The term was coined in 1930 by the physician Walter Cannon.