Fuxi is a monarch who preceded Huangdi and Shennong in ancient legends. "Historical Records" records Fuxi: "The beginning of life is no different from an animal. Knowing mother but not father, knowing love but not its ceremony. Lying is squeaky, and getting up is panting; Hungry people beg for food, and full people abandon surplus grain; Eat hair and drink blood, but wear leather; Tai Hao started his net to fish and support the people, hence the name Fu. It is embarrassing and embarrassing to improve the sacrifice. " Fu's story of "painting eight diagrams and making books" is recorded in the compendium of mirror mirrors. "Historical Records" also said: "Tai Hao (Fuxi) was virtuous and harmonious. Birds and beasts should be printed in the sky, and dragons and horses should be marked on the earth. So look up at the sky, look down at the law on the ground, and see the suitability of everything. At the beginning, there were three things in painting gossip, so I emphasized that there were four things in sixty to convey the virtue of the gods. Make a book contract instead of the politics of tying ropes. "
The legendary territory of Fu lies in today's Huanghuai area. From the ancient paintings and tomb paintings left over from this area, the totem of big birds left over from ancient times can be seen everywhere, which is a symbol of Fu's descendants. This shows that in ancient times, about1100,000 to 6,000 years ago, a tribe with birds as its totem rose in the Middle East. "Shi" may be the name of their central clan, and later it grew into a unified tribal alliance after thousands of years of historical process. The so-called Fuxi word-making theory refers to a group of Dongyi people in Fuxi League. They started writing activities when they entered the Longshan culture period (about 7000 years ago).
The legend of Fu Zao Shu Qi shows that in ancient Fu tribes, there were inscriptions and so-called pictures, graphics and characters, which were recorded by ideographic symbols.
On the land of China from 10,000 to 6,000 years ago, there were many alliances like the Fu tribe. The most powerful ones were the Shennong clan, Shaodian clan and Xiongshi clan. This long historical period is a period in which characters are gradually formed and formally created. All tribes in this period are creating their own roles.