Hou Ji (or Houji; Chinese: 后稷; pinyin: Hòu Jì; Wade–Giles: Hou Chi) was a legendary Chinese culture hero credited with introducing millet to humanity during...
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with the name) -ji, an honorific used as a suffix in many languages of India J.I the Prince of N.Y, American rapper J.I. Ji (or Hou Ji), the legendary...
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in the Shang dynasty and Shennong being identified as the godly form of Hou Ji and a founder of the Zhou dynasty. In myth, the Three Sovereigns were demigods...
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Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hâu Hàu-hiân; born 8 April 1947) is a retired Mainland Chinese-born Taiwanese film director, screenwriter,...
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(太任). Tai Ren, along with Jiang Yuan (mother of Jili's paternal ancestor Hou Ji), were credited by Sima Qian as two women responsible for the success of...
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Zhou dynasty (redirect from House of Ji)
Xirong, as King Wen's descendants, the Zhou kings, claimed descent from Hou Ji, a legendary culture hero possibly related to the Xirong through his mother...
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Jiang Yuan stepped in a magic footprint and conceived. She gave birth to Hou Ji, who is considered the first Zhou ancestor. The narrative implies Zhou and...
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Ji Qi is the personal name of: Hou Ji or Ji Qi (Chinese: 姬棄; pinyin: Jī Qì), legendary Chinese cultural hero from the early Xia dynasty Duke Min of Lu...
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domestication of millet to Shennong, a legendary Emperor of China, and Hou Ji, whose name means Lord Millet. Little millet (Panicum sumatrense) is believed...
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stepping into the footprint of the King of Heaven. She gives birth to a son, Hou Ji, whom she leaves alone in dangerous places where he is protected by sheep...
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