Leizu
Sign in to savethumb|Illustration of Leizu teaching people to cultivate silkworms.
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- Royalty.name
- Leizu 嫘祖
- Royalty.spouse
- Yellow Emperor
- Royalty.issue
- Shaohao Changyi
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thumb|Illustration of Leizu teaching people to cultivate silkworms.
Leizu (), also known as Xi Ling-shi (, Wade–Giles Hsi Ling-shih), was a legendary Chinese empress and wife of the Yellow Emperor. According to tradition, she discovered sericulture, and invented the silk loom, in the 27th century BC.