The story with 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzaldehyde as the core
There is a skilled craftsman in my hometown, who is famous for his intensive study of all kinds of strange things. One day, the craftsman found a stone box, and a piece of paper was hidden in the box. The ink marks on the paper were mottled, and there was a wonderful thing vaguely painted. Looking at it in detail, it is about 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzaldehyde.

The ingenuity was great, so he devoted his efforts to it. He set up a tripod in a furnace in the room, and listed all kinds of medicinal stone utensils. Take all the medicines first, and put them into the tripod one by one according to the order described in the paper. With a slow fire, the fragrance of the medicine gradually overflows, and the room seems to be surrounded by fairy clouds.

During this time, the craftsman kept his eyes on the change of color and the rise of qi in the traditional Chinese medicine liquid of the tripod. Sometimes he fanned the wind, sometimes he added firewood and increased the salary, and the control of the fire was not satisfactory. After ten days of work, he finally obtained 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzaldehyde, with good color and quality, as if the stars were condensed in it.

The craftsman showed it to people, and everyone was amazed. Later, this thing was spread in the countryside, or used in medicine, or used in work, and it worked wonders. The villagers all praised the craftsman's ingenuity. It was said that this thing came out of Middle-earth, and it will be used in the future, and it will shine in all directions.