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Qiongqi穷奇
Born from the Guangmo wind.
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- RELATION RECORDS
- 2
- SOURCE WORKS
- 5
RELATIONSHIP COMPASS
Qiongqi, and the people around them.
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01KINSHIPKinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
1 figure · 1 record＋
Kinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
Shaohao—Qiongqifather-son
02THE UNSEENMythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
1 figure · 1 record＋
Mythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
Emperor Shun→Qiongqiexile
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In history · Records of the Grand Historian · Old Book of Tang
Mentioned by historians as a vicious beast. An unworthy son of Shaohao, exiled by Shun. One of the Four Perils, exiled.
In fiction · Classic of Mountains and Seas · Correct Meaning of the Zuo Tradition · Huainanzi
Born from the Guangmo wind. Shaped like a tiger with wings, it devours people starting from the head. Shaped like an ox with porcupine-like hair, its cry is like a howling dog, and it eats people.
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- Literature / legend1 profile notes
Huainanzi
0 relations0 verified quotations - Official history1 profile notes
Old Book of Tang
0 relations0 verified quotations - Literature / legend2 profile notes
Classic of Mountains and Seas
0 relations0 verified quotations - Official history1 profile notes
Records of the Grand Historian
1 relations1 verified quotations- Emperor Shun→ exile →Qiongqi
Verified original text · 1
乃流四凶族
exile · Records of the Grand Historian, 五帝本纪
- Official history1 profile notes
Correct Meaning of the Zuo Tradition
1 relations1 verified quotations- Shaohao→ father-son →Qiongqi
Verified original text · 1
少皞氏有不才子
father-son · Correct Meaning of the Zuo Tradition, ch. 20
History vs. fiction
In official histories, it is the unworthy son of Shaohao; in novels, it is reshaped into a man-eating winged beast.
The Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of the Five Emperors, records it as a human: "Shaohao had an unworthy son who destroyed trust and hated loyalty, adorned evil words, and the world called him Qiongqi." The official histories list it as one of the Four Evils exiled by Yao. Novels, however, have drastically reshaped its form, turning it into a monster. The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Section on the North Within the Seas, states: "Qiongqi resembles a tiger with wings, eats people starting from the head, and devours those with disheveled hair; it is north of the Taiquan." It transforms from a person of bad character into a man-eating beast with wings.
Relationship network
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Original text (1)