CIVILIZATION DOSSIER
Cang Jie苍颉
The creator of writing and the one who made books. When he made the books, heaven rained grain and ghosts wailed at night.
- DIRECT FIGURES
- 2
- RELATION RECORDS
- 2
- SOURCE WORKS
- 4
RELATIONSHIP COMPASS
Cang Jie, and the people around them.
Open one chapter at a time. Each chapter gives the relationship first, then the source text behind it.
01ALLEGIANCEAllegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
1 figure · 1 record＋
Allegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
Cang Jie→the Yellow Emperorhistorian
02THE UNSEENMythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
1 figure · 1 record＋
Mythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
Dai Zong→Cang Jiepoint
2 key relationships are shown here. The complete record remains below.
In history ·
Legendary inventor of characters; his tomb is south of Liyang Pavilion.
In fiction · Book of the Later Han · Extensive Records of the Taiping Era · Water Margin · Huainanzi
The one who made books; heaven rained grain and ghosts wailed at night; he made books; the legendary inventor of characters; Dai Zong pointed out that the Character Creation Terrace is where Cang Jie created characters.
Across source works
How this figure changes across texts
Works are shown side by side, not as a chronology. No influence between texts is inferred.
- Official history1 profile notes
Book of the Later Han
0 relations0 verified quotations - Literature / legend2 profile notes
Huainanzi
0 relations0 verified quotations - Literature / legend1 profile notes
Water Margin
1 relations1 verified quotations- Dai Zong→ point →Cang Jie
Verified original text · 1
却是苍颉造字之处
point · Water Margin, ch. 90
- Literature / legend2 profile notes
Extensive Records of the Taiping Era
1 relations1 verified quotations- Cang Jie→ historian →the Yellow Emperor
Verified original text · 1
黄帝史苍颉所造也
historian · Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 书一
Relationship network
Original text (1)
Original text (1)
却是苍颉造字之处