Ancient China · Ruler

Fuxi 伏羲

Dates uncertain

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Fuxi was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 127, passage 63

Events and relationships

Created eight trigrams
Cultural · Creator
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 127, passage 63

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 127Biographies of Soothsayers · 1 passage

自伏羲作八卦，周文王演三百八十四爻而天下治。 Ever since Fuxi created the Eight Trigrams and King Wen of Zhou elaborated the three hundred and eighty-four lines, the realm has been governed in good order.