![]() The second is Emperor Shun 舜, a legendary leader of ancient China from 4000 years ago and one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. It says he observed the characteristics of all things including the sun, moon, stars, clouds, oceans and manners of birds and beasts to create the characters for writing. The story of CangJie was already popular during the Warring States period 战国时期, between the 5 th century BC to the year 221 BC. In Chinese mythology, he had four eyes, double pupils. The first is CangJie 仓颉, a legendary figure from around 4000 years ago that is believed the inventor of Chinese characters. There are many people that believed to have double pupils in Chinese history and mythology and we will talk about three most famous figures with double pupils. The texts about double pupils can be found in history books, novels or Taoism books. Although, some ancient writers in the west refer double pupil as “evil eye”, in Chinese mythology, it is considered as good omen and people who have double pupil are always those who make huge impacts. In modern medical literature, polycoria is known as a pathological condition of the eye characterized by more than one pupillary opening in the iris. In Latin, it is called “pupula duplex” and in ancient Chinese, it is called ChongTong 重瞳. Double pupil can be traced back to thousands years ago in both eastern and western culture. Today we will talk about people with double pupil in Chinese mythology. ![]()
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