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Portrait of Pula
Marcu
民羲暴炎
The portrait represents him in a rude state, but yet engaged, with pencil in hand, pondering over the eight diagrams, of which the Chi- nese write and talk much, and know little.
Grave historians consider Fuhí as the founder of their empire. They say that at the commencement of our race, men differed not from the brutes. They were rude in manners, without arts and sciences, and made no provision for life. When hungry, they sought food; when satiated, they abandoned that which they had not eaten. They devoured their meat raw and undressed, drank blood, and wore the skins of wild beasts. In this uncultivated state was the human race, when Fuhi appeared. He made nets to catch fish, and snares to entrap wild beasts and birds, to supply the wants of the people. lle Lunghi them how to feed domestic animals, and those required for sa-
rificial purposes