Fuxi

See also: Fúxī, Fu Xi, and fùxí

English
An Eastern Han tomb tile relief depicting Fuxi and his sister Nüwa as half-snake and bearing the sun and moon respectively

Alternative forms
  • Fu Xi
  • Fu Hsi, Fu-hsi (dated)
  • Fo Hi, Fo-hi, Fo-Hi, Fo-Hsi, Fo-hsi, Fou Hi, Fou-hi (obsolete)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the modern Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 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 (氏[[Category:|FUXI]], shì) in China before the Xia. The two characters may be phonetic but have the meaning "concealed from", "submitting to", or "prostrate before" 羲 (xī), a character that also appears in the name of the early solar goddess 羲和 (“Xīhé”)[[Category:|FUXI]], q.v.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /fuʃiː/
  • (China) IPA(key): /fuɕi/

Proper noun

Fuxi

  1. (Chinese mythology) A legendary ancient Chinese ruler and culture hero, typically the brother of Nüwa.
    • [1738, Du Halde, J. B., “PROVINCE VII. HO-NAN.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet‎, volume I, London, page 102:
      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.]

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References
  1. “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 478

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