Fuxi
c. 300 BCE – 2026 CEattested
Huaiyang
- Chinese
Culture hero credited with the eight trigrams, fishing nets, and the institution of marriage. Depicted with a serpent's tail entwined with Nüwa's, holding a carpenter's square to her compasses.
Known for
- the eight trigrams
- nets, writing and marriage
- the square and the compasses
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.