ABSTRACT
Fu Hsi and his six successors are alleged to have covered a period of 596 years, the most distinguished reign being that of Huang Ti ( •. II ),the Yellow Emperor, who divided his territory on the decimal system. Ten' towns made up a district, and ten districts a department. Ten of these went to the province, of which there were ten in the empire. Weights and measures were fixed on the same principle, and he originated the calendar cycle of sixty years. He opened up his empire with communications, building roads and bridges, and constructing ships to carry goods by sea and on the inland waterways. The Yellow Emperor is regafded as the founder of the Chinese State, as his territory extended from the Gulf of Peichihli in the north to the Yangtze in the south, and 'from the sea to Shensi in the west. Fu Hsi, Shen Nung and Huang Ti have been chosen by the Taoists to preside over their Ministry of. Medicine.
