There are other historical personalities to whom the functions of Fu-xing are ascribed. One is the 8th-century general Gou Zi-yi who saved the Tang Dynasty from destruction after an uprising. When the Heavenly Weaver appeared to him, he asked her to grant him fame and fortune. She replied that he himself was the god of wealth.
The first of three noble emperors, the San-huang, in Chinese mythology. According to tradition he ruled from 2952 to 2836 BCE (116 years) or from 2852 to 2737 BCE (115 years). Fu Xi taught mankind many arts, such as the use of fishing nets, the breeding of silk worms, and the taming of wild animals. He also invented music, and, most importantly, the eight tigrams (Pakua), said to be the basis of Chinese writing. Also attributed to him is the invention of casting oracles by the use of yarrow stalks. Furthermore, Fu Xi is said to have invented the one hundred Chinese family names and decreed that marriages may only take place between persons bearing different family names.
Fu Xi is represented as a human being with the body of a snake. His wife is Nü-gua. In Taoist temples he is usually portrayed holding a panel on which the eight tigrams are inscribed.
The Chinese goddess of the winds, literally “Madam Wind”. She is represented as an old, wrinkled woman, sitting on a tiger riding on a path made of clouds. On quiet days she placed the winds back in the bag she carries over her shoulder.
The Chinese “Earl of the Wind”. The human form of Fei Lian, the god of the wind.