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Bixi

Bixi, or Bi Xi (Wade–Giles: Pi-hsi), is a figure from Chinese mythology. One of the nine sons of the Dragon King,[citation needed] he is depicted as a dragon with the shell of a turtle. Stone sculptures of Bixi have been used in Chinese culture for centuries as a decorative plinth for commemorative steles and tablets, particularly in the funerary…

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Chinese
霸下
Chữ Hán
贔屭 霸下
Chữ Nôm
𧒌隊碑
Hangul
비희
Hanja
贔屭
Hanyu Pinyin
bìxì · Bàxià · guīfū

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History

Outside China

Development as an art form

Name

Stone tortoises in art and popular lore

Preservation concerns

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Bixi

Nodes133
Edges132
Triples72
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.015038
Components1

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Bixi

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related to Development as an art form · 14
Bixi → According, By, Dai Miao, Han, Ming, Mount Tai, Qing, Qufu, Shou Qiu, Six Dynasties, Song, The, They, Victor Segalen's
related to Name · 13
Bixi → Chinese, Lu Rong, Ming, Ming-era, Miscellaneous, Shuyuan, The, Western Metropolis Rhapsody, Wu Capital Rhapsody, Wu Jing Fu, Xi Jing Fu, Zhang Heng's, Zuo Si
related to External links · 12
Bixi → Back, Confucius, Qing, Qufu, Song, Stele, Stone Tortoise, Temple, Temples, Tortoise, Twenty-five, Yan Hui
Transcriptions · 5
Bixi → TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationBihuiMcCune–ReischauerPihŭi, TranscriptionsRomanizationHīki, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinBàxiàWade–GilesPa-hsia, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinbìxìWade–GilesPi-hsiYue: CantoneseJyutpingbei6 hei3, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinguīfūWade–Gileskuei-fu
related to Preservation concerns · 5
Bixi → As, At Hanoi's Temple, Harvard University, Literature, On
Hanyu Pinyin · 3
Bixi → Bàxià, bìxì, guīfū
Wade–Giles · 3
Bixi → kuei-fu, Pa-hsia, Pi-hsi
Simplified Chinese · 2
Bixi → 赑屃, 龟趺
Traditional Chinese · 2
Bixi → 贔屭, 贔屓, 龜趺
Chinese · 1
Bixi → 霸下

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stele tortoise stone dynasty ming nanjing stelae later chinese also tablets temple qing turtle dragon tradition emperor tortoises dragons mausoleum

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BixiChinese霸下1.00infobox
BixiChữ Hán贔屭 霸下1.00infobox
BixiChữ Nôm𧒌隊碑1.00infobox
BixiHangul비희1.00infobox
BixiHanja贔屭1.00infobox
BixiHanyu Pinyinbìxì1.00infobox
BixiHanyu PinyinBàxià1.00infobox
BixiHanyu Pinyinguīfū1.00infobox
BixiHiraganaひき1.00infobox
BixiJyutpingbei6 hei31.00infobox
BixiKanji贔屭1.00infobox
BixiLiteral meaningturtle tablets1.00infobox
BixiMcCune–ReischauerPihŭi1.00infobox
BixiRevised RomanizationBihui1.00infobox
BixiRomanizationHīki1.00infobox
BixiSimplified Chinese赑屃1.00infobox
BixiSimplified Chinese龟趺1.00infobox
BixiTraditional Chinese贔屭, 贔屓1.00infobox
BixiTraditional Chinese龜趺1.00infobox
BixiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinbìxìWade–GilesPi-hsiYue: CantoneseJyutpingbei6 hei31.00infobox
BixiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinBàxiàWade–GilesPa-hsia1.00infobox
BixiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinguīfūWade–Gileskuei-fu1.00infobox
BixiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised RomanizationBihuiMcCune–ReischauerPihŭi1.00infobox
BixiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationHīki1.00infobox
BixiVietnamese alphabetBí Hí Bá Hạ rùa đội bia1.00infobox
BixiWade–GilesPi-hsi1.00infobox
BixiWade–GilesPa-hsia1.00infobox
BixiWade–Gileskuei-fu1.00infobox

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