'''''Xici''''' or '''''Xi Ci''''' (''Great Commentary'', {{zh|s=系辞|t=繫辭|hp=Xì Cí}}) is one of the Ten Wings, a collection of Confucian books traditionally included in the ''I Ching'' written during the fifth century BC. Its origins are unknown, but it is suspected of being the product of scholars who did not believe prevailing Daoist thought.{{cn|date=August 2022}} A silk manuscript version of it dating from 168 BCE was found at the Mawangdui site in Changsha in 1973.<ref name="r1">{{cite news |last=Ames |first=Roger T. |date=2015-03-05 |title=The Great Commentary (Dazhuan 大傳) and Chinese natural cosmology |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40636-015-0013-2 |journal=International Communication of Chinese Culture |volume=2 |pages=1–18 |doi=10.1007/s40636-015-0013-2 |doi-access=free |accessdate=2022-08-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814100927/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40636-015-0013-2 |archivedate=2022-08-14 }}</ref> It's one of the most important sources about early Chinese cosmology.<ref name="r1"/> Among the mythologies stressed in the book is that of Fuxi, the emperor-god.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110516150116/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1O69-Xizi.html Dictionary of Asian Mythology on HighBeam.com]
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