Fuxi
Qing Dynasty
Ivory. H: 19 cm, base w: 75 cm. Huangfu Mi's Annals of" Kings and Emperors (Diwang Shi ]i, late 3rd century) states :"Since Fuxi drew the Eight Trigrams, it has been possible to symbolically express the relations of the Six Climatic Configurations and the Six Visceral Systems of Function, the Five Phases and the Five Systems, yin-yang and the four seasons and the ascent and descent [within the body] of Water and Fire. It has been possible to categorize the patterns of all medical disorders  He then tasted all the material medica and made the nine types of acupuncture needles. Thus he saved people from early death. " The figure, barefoot and clothed in leaves, sits holding the Eight Trigrams. (Collection of Museum for History of Medicine, Shanghai University of TCM.)