ON THE BANKS OF THE LUO RIVER: THE CHINESE ORIGINS OF THE LUOSHU

The origins of Chinese history are conceived in legends, myths, and folk tales. A variety of semi-divine cultural heroes are believed to have mastered and taught the Chinese people the arts and skills necessary for their civilization. One of these heroes, thought to have flourished in the third millennium B.C.E., was Fuxi, the inventor of fishing and hunting.1