Ancient China · Official

Hou Ji 稷

Ji

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Hou Ji was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 162

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 92Volume 82a: Biographies of Alchemists 1 · 2 passages

臣聞堯登稷、契，政隆太平； Your servant has heard that when Yao raised Ji and Xie, peace spread across the realm;

誠社稷之元龜，大漢之棟甍。 He is the tortoise-oracle of the state, the roof-tree of Han.