The Record of the Five Emperors compiled by Han Yin and Yin Hongqing said: "It is recorded in writing that she is the mother of the Chinese nation since Hua Xu. Hua Xu gave birth to Tai Hao, Tai Hao gave birth to Fuxi and Nuwa, Fuxi and Nuwa gave birth to Shaodian, and Shaodian gave birth to Yan Di and Huangdi. Because the written records of the Yellow Emperor were unknown before, Sima Qian was very strict about historical research when he wrote Historical Records, so he started with the Yellow Emperor. "
The Creation Background of Historical Records of Five Emperors
The preface to Historical Records Biography of Taishigong said: "The Yellow Emperor of Weixi, the law of heaven and earth, and the four saints in order, each became a written law; Tang Yao abdicated and Yu Shun did not stand; The merits of beauty and emperor will go on forever. Be the first of the five emperors. " Sima Qian believes that in the past, the Yellow Emperor took heaven as the law and land as the principle, and four wise emperors, Zhuan Xu, Yao and Shun, successively established certain statutes; Tang Yao gave way to Yu Shun, and Yu Shun was very unhappy because he felt that he could not win his position. The virtues of these emperors are rich and passed down from generation to generation. So it is the first of the "Five Emperors".