Ancient China · Official and Astrologer

Xi 羲

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Xi was an official and Astrologer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 231; Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 21; Book of Zhou 23, passage 265

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Xi (calendar office) 羲
Established
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 21

Events and relationships

Neglected calendar
Calendar · Steward
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 231
Relation Colleague of · Person He (和)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 21

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 2

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 2Annals of Xia · 1 passage

帝中康時，羲、和湎淫，廢時亂日。 Under Zhongkang the Xi and He stewards sank into vice and threw the calendar into confusion.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 26Treatise on the Calendar · 1 passage

堯復遂重黎之後，不忘舊者，使復典之，而立羲和之官。 Yao in turn restored the descendants of Chong and Li, not forgetting the old order, and again made them administer it, establishing the offices of Xi and He.

Book of Zhou, Chapter 23Volume 23 Biographies 15: Su Chuo · 1 passage

皇帝曰：「昔堯命羲和，允厘百工。 The Emperor said: "In antiquity Yao charged Xi and He to regulate the hundred offices.