The ancestor of the Zhou clan, Hou Ji, surnamed Ji, given name Qi, great-great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, the eldest son of Emperor Ku, mother Jiang Yuan, an official in charge of agriculture during the Yao and Shun era, and the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty. Hou Ji was born in Jishan (now Jishan County, Shanxi Province) and was called King Ji (also the God of Ji or God of Agriculture). He was once promoted as a "farmer" by Yao and appointed as Hou Ji by Shun. Hou Ji taught people to farm and is considered to be the first person to grow millet and wheat.
It is said that one day, Jiang Yuan was walking in the suburbs and encountered a giant footprint. The size was far larger than that of an ordinary person. When she was surprised and questioning, she suddenly felt a warm current surging in the sea of ????qi, impacting all the acupuncture points in her body. She felt indescribably happy and comfortable, and had an inexplicable strong desire to step on this big footprint. She put her feet on the thumbs of the giant's footprints, and within a moment, she felt a slight movement in her belly, like a fetus. Her movements were normal. She was frightened and frightened, but there was nothing she could do. Ten months later, Jiang Xuan gave birth to a son. She thought her son was a demon and threw him into an alley. However, a series of strange phenomena occurred. First, people passing by in the alley The cows and horses consciously avoided stepping on the baby. Later, Jiang Xuan sent someone to throw him into the mountains and forests, but there happened to be too many people in the mountains to throw him away. Finally, he threw the baby onto the river ice, and suddenly it flew back. A big bird covered the baby with its plump wings to prevent the baby from freezing. After learning about it, the ginger newt thought it was God's instruction, so he took the baby back and raised it carefully. Because he originally wanted to abandon him; So I named him "Qi".