# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hou-ji
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:12:46.211Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hou-ji"
name: "Hou Ji"
slug: "hou-ji"
description: "Hou Ji was a legendary Chinese culture hero credited with introducing millet to humanity during the time of the Xia dynasty. Millet was the original staple grain of northern China, prior to the introduction of wheat. His name translates as Lord of Millet and was a title granted to him by Emperor Shun, according to Records of the Grand Historian. Houji was credited with developing the philosophy of Agriculturalism and with service during the Great Flood in the reign of Yao; he was also claimed as an ancestor of the Ji clan that became the ruling family of the Zhou dynasty or a founder of the Zhou."
tagline: "Ancestor of the Chinese Zhou dynasty"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%90%8E%E7%A8%B7.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           49.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.41760933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%8E%E7%A8%B7_(%E4%BA%BA%E7%89%A9)"
    title: "后稷 (人物)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF"
    title: "হাউ জি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Ji"
    title: "Hou Ji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houji"
    title: "Houji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Ji"
    title: "Hou Ji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houji"
    title: "Houji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Ji"
    title: "Hou Ji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou-csi"
    title: "Hou-csi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houji"
    title: "Houji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%8E%E7%A8%B7"
    title: "后稷"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9B%84%EC%A7%81"
    title: "후직"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Ji"
    title: "Hou Ji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%83-%D1%86%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Хоу-цзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BA%ADu_T%E1%BA%AFc"
    title: "Hậu Tắc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%8E%E7%A8%B7"
    title: "后稷"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A7%AC%E6%A3%84"
    title: "姬棄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207613"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump