Fuxi

Fúxī Fu Xi fùxí English thumb|right|250px|An Eastern Han tomb tile relief depicting Fuxi and his sister Nüwa as half-snake and bearing the sun and moon respectively Alternative forms en Fu Xi en Fu Hsi Fu-hsi dated en Fo Hi Fo-hi Fo-Hi Fo-Hsi Fo-hsi Fou Hi Fou-hi Fohy obsolete Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1982 Selected Glossary The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00hook/ Cambridge University Press 0521230993 79-42627 781411242 476, 478 https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00hook/page/478/ romanization of the modern en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 伏羲 Fúxī, variously understood and treated as a solar god, protoplast, culture hero, legendary emperor, and protohistorical tribal chief or as an imperial or prehistoric dynasty (zh 伏羲氏 氏, shì) in China before the Xia. The two characters may be phonetic but have the meaning "concealed from", "submitting to", or "prostrate before" zh 羲, a character that also appears in the name of the early solar goddess zh 羲和 Xīhé, q.v. Pronunciation en /fuʃiː/ US en /fuɕi/ China fo͞o′shē′ en Fu xi Proper noun en Chinese mythology A legendary ancient Chinese ruler and culture hero, typically the brother of Nüwa. en 1738 J. B. Du Halde PROVINCE VII. HO-NAN. A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013761826/ I London 102 https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013761826/page/n171/ The Chineſe ſay that Fo-hi, the Founder of their Monarchy, fix’d his Court in this Province; and began his Reign about the Year 2952, according to ſome Authors, whoſe Opinion if true confirms the Chronology of the Septuagint. on en June 26, 2025 0:21 Caroline Wu Ancient Fuxi culture shines in modern Gansu w:CGTN https://web.archive.org/web/20260421043858/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnf5TZl8B8 w:YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnf5TZl8B8 April 21, 2026 Tianshui, the birthplace of Fuxi, and a hub for Fuxi culture, has a long standing tradition of worshiping Fuxi. In 1988, the Tianshui Municipal Government officially initiated the public ceremony for Fuxi worship with its scale and influence continuously growing. Translations legendary ancient Chinese ruler Chinese: Cantonese: yue 伏羲 fuk6 hei1 Mandarin: cmn 伏羲 Fúxī Japanese: ja 伏羲 ふっき, Fukki Korean: ko ^복희(伏羲) Vietnamese: vi Phục Hy (vi 伏羲) References Anagrams en fiux Xifu en People History of China Taoism Chinese mythology