Fuxi

culture hero in Chinese legend and mythology, credited with creating humanity and the invention of hunting, fishing, cooking, animal husbandry, and Chinese characters
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Fuxi
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Fuxi

Summary

Fuxi is a human whose existence is disputed[1]. Fuxi worked as a ruler[2]. Fuxi draws 458 Wikipedia views per month (human_whose_existence_is_disputed category, ranking #33 of 306).[3]

Key Facts

  • Fuxi's father was Leigong[4].
  • Fuxi's mother was Huaxu[5].
  • Among Fuxi's spouses was Nüwa[6].
  • Fuxi worked as a ruler[2].
  • Fuxi's image is recorded as Ma-Lin-Fuxi-and-turtle.jpg[7].
  • Fuxi's image is recorded as Anonymous-Fuxi and Nüwa.jpg[8].
  • Fuxi's image is recorded as Guo Xu album dated 1503 (1).jpg[9].
  • Fuxi is recorded as male[10].
  • Fuxi's instance of is recorded as human whose existence is disputed[11].
  • Fuxi's subclass of is recorded as ruler[12].
  • Fuxi's part of is recorded as Fuxi and Nüwa[13].
  • Fuxi's Commons category is recorded as Fuxi[14].
  • Fuxi's said to be the same as is recorded as Taihao[15].
  • Fuxi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0163ww[16].
  • Fuxi's worshipped by is recorded as Chinese folk religion[17].
  • Fuxi's Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID is recorded as A008910[18].
  • Fuxi's floruit is recorded as -2900-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Fuxi's partner in business or sport is recorded as Nüwa[20].
  • Fuxi's described by source is recorded as Hoff's Kurze Biographien, vol 2[21].
  • Fuxi's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Fuxi's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23].
  • Fuxi's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Fu-Xi[24].
  • Fuxi's different from is recorded as Fu Xi[25].
  • Fuxi's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4726552[26].
  • Fuxi's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 20007563[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Fuxi's father was Leigong[4]. Fuxi's mother was Huaxu[5].

Career and Affiliations

Fuxi's professions included ruler[2].

Personal Life

Among Fuxi's spouses was Nüwa[6].

Why It Matters

Fuxi draws 458 Wikipedia views per month (human_whose_existence_is_disputed category, ranking #33 of 306).[3] Fuxi has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Fuxi is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Works attributed to Fuxi include I Ching[30], a literary work[31], written by Fuxi[32].

FAQs

Who were Fuxi's parents?

Fuxi's father was Leigong[4]. Fuxi's mother was Huaxu[5].

Who was Fuxi married to?

Fuxi's spouses include Nüwa[6].

What did Fuxi do for work?

Fuxi worked as ruler[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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