Ancient China · Legendary Inventor of Writing

Cangjie 倉頡

Dates uncertain

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cangjie was a Legendary Inventor of Writing.

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Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 450, passage 154

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 450Volume 450 Biographies 237: Li Henian, Wen Bin, Ren Daorong, Xu Zhenyi, Wu Dacheng · 1 passage

出為陝甘學政，奏以倉頡列祀典，允之。 Sent out as educational commissioner of Shaanxi and Gansu, he memorialized to add Cangjie, legendary inventor of writing, to the state sacrificial canon, and the court approved.