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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...

Houji or Hou Ji is a mythological Chinese hero from the early Xia dynasty Houji may also refer to these towns in China: Houji, Wuyang County, Henan Houji...

Houji (Chinese: 侯集; pinyin: Hóují) is a town under the administration of Cao County, Shandong, China. As of 2023[update], it administers the following...

Houji (Chinese: 侯集; pinyin: Hóují) is a town under the administration of Zhenping County, Henan, China. As of 2023[update], it administers the following...

Houji (Chinese: 侯集; pinyin: Hóují) is a town under the administration of Wuyang County, Henan, China. As of 2023[update], it administers the following...

involve its invention by such deities or cultural heroes such as Shennong, Houji, Houtu, and Shujun: of these Shennong is the most famous, according to Lihui...

Changyi(常宜), and Qingdu(庆都). Once each of these ladies had given birth to a son (Houji, Xie, Zhi, and Yao, respectively) Ku had a diviner foretell for him which...

having lived during ancient Chinese history. Jiang Yuan was the mother of Houji, who is a culture hero and revered as the god of millet. Jiang Yuan's personal...

credited in ancient texts as the first teacher of cultivation to his subjects. Houji (lit. "Lord Millet") is sometimes credited with the original provision of...

surname Ji, and the title Houji "Lord of Millet", by the Emperor Shun. He even received sacrifice as a harvest god. The term Houji was probably a hereditary...

official Houji caused by his mother's stepping into a footprint left by the supreme god Shangdi. The Records of the Grand Historian instead make Houji the...

Xia dynasty in China. He was the son of the Xia minister of agriculture, Houji, and inherited his father's position under the Xia king Kong Jia. Feeling...

legendary founder Houji (who was originally named Qi, but a different Qi than the Shang founder known as Xie or Qi). Myths about Houji include those of...

Banban Akaza (赤座 伴番, Akaza Banban): Ryuji Sainei (載寧 龍二, Sainei Ryūji) Houji Tomasu (戸増 宝児, Tomasu Hōji): Tsuyoshi Hayashi (林 剛史, Hayashi Tsuyoshi) Senichi...

After moving into Fujian and fighting against the northern forces of Li Houji [zh], Chen's Guangdong Army established control over the southern part of...

Shaohao Changyi Jiaoji (3) Zhuanxu (4) Ku Qiongchan Sb. (5) Zhi (6) Yao Houji Jingkang 敬康 Sb. Danzhu Juwang Sb. Qiaoniu 橋牛 Gun Gusou (8) Yu Ehuang (7)...

The manga series Rurouni Kenshin features a large cast of fictional characters created by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Set in Japan during the Meiji period, several...

of other innovators of farming practice, including especially his son, Houji, the Zhou ancestor (Yang 2005, 98). Some scholars identify Di Jun and Di...

grandfather of Xiang Tu. Xie’s father was Emperor Ku, and Xie’s brothers were Houji, Emperor Zhi and Emperor Yao. Xie’s mother was one of Ku’s consorts ‒ Jiang...

In some versions, this includes the appointment of Ji Qi (later called Houji) as Minister of Agriculture. Other versions go into the details of how a...