China: Cangjie (Ts'ang-chieh, c. 2650 BC), four-eyed official historian of the Yellow Emperor and the inventor of Chinese characters. Cangjie (Ts'ang-chieh) is a very important figure in ancient China (c. 2650 BC), held to be the official historian of the Yellow Emperor and the inventor of Chinese characters. Legend has it that he had four eyes and four pupils, and that when he invented the characters, the deities and ghosts cried and the sky rained millet. He is considered a legendary figure rather than a historical figure.

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