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Fuxi

Culture hero in Chinese legend and mythology, credited with creating humanity and the invention of hunting, fishing, cooking, animal husbandry, and Chinese characters

Entityhuman whose existence is disputedQ236972

Also known as Paoxi · Pao-hsi · Fu Xi · Fo-Hi · Fuh-He · Fou Hi

Instance of: human whose existence is disputed
Subclass of: ruler
Part of: Fuxi and Nüwa

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Fuxi or Fu Hsi is a culture hero in Chinese mythology, credited along with his sister and wife Nüwa with creating humanity and the invention of music, hunting, fishing, domestication, and cooking, as well as the Cangjie system of writing Chinese characters around 2900 BC or 2000 BC. He is also said to be the originator of bagua after observing that there were eight fundamental building blocks in nature: heaven, earth, water, fire, thunder, wind, mountain, and lake. These eight are all made of different combinations of yin and yang, which are what came to be called bagua.

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Sex or gender: male
Said to be the same as: Taihao
Spouse: Nüwa
Different from: Fu Xi
Father: Leigong
Occupation: ruler
Mother: Huaxu
Worshipped by: Chinese folk religion
Floruit: 29th century BCE
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1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica Online
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Partner in business or sport: Nüwa
Name in kana: ふくぎ
ふっき
ふぎ
Child: Shaodian
Sibling: Nüwa

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