The Chinese god and goddess Fu Hsi/Xi and Nü Wa/Gua, measure the “‘squareness of the earth’ and the ‘roundness of heaven’ with their implements, the square with the plumb bob hanging from it, and the compass”.

Date
1930
Type
Art
Source
Mark Aurel
Ancient
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
Secondary
Reference

Stein, Sir Mark Aurel. Innermost Asia. 3 vols. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1930. Vol. 3, plate 108. (accessed July 15, 2022).

Scribe/Publisher
Clarendon Press
People
Mark Aurel
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N/A
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Transcription

PAINTED SILK HANGING, AST. IX. 2. 054 SHOWING FU HSI AND NÜ WA

(See Chao. XIX. sec. III. vi).

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