Ancient China · Legendary Culture Hero

Baoxi 庖犧

Páoxī

Dates uncertain

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

Baoxi was a Legendary Culture Hero.

IdentityLegendary · Male

Life and dates

Attested activity

Key source chapters

  1. Book of Later Han, Chapter 131 Volume 120: Treatise on Carriages and Dress, Part Two 1 passage
  2. History of Jin, Chapter 46 Volume 46 Treatises 27: Finance and Economics 1: Thorough Examination and Organization of Registered Residences 1 passage

Events and relationships

Source notes

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 131Volume 120: Treatise on Carriages and Dress, Part Two · 1 passage
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故《易》曰：「庖犧氏之王天下也，仰觀象於天，俯觀法於地，觀鳥獸之文，與地之宜，近取諸身，遠取諸物，於是始作八卦，以通神明之德，以類萬物之情。」 The Book of Changes thus says of the sage-king Baoxi: "he read the sky and the earth, studied the markings of animals and the lay of the land, took lessons from his own body and from things around him, and from this devised the eight trigrams to link human ritual with spiritual power and to give order to the myriad phenomena."
History of Jin, Chapter 46Volume 46 Treatises 27: Finance and Economics 1: Thorough Examination and Organization of Registered Residences · 1 passage
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