Three Emperors:
1. Suiren clan: The tribal leader in ancient China, referred to as Suiren, and respectfully called "Emperor Sui" or "Emperor Sui". According to legend, his name was Yunnu, a native of the Suiming Kingdom (now Shangqiu, Henan), the husband of the Huaxu family and the father of Fuxi and Nuwa. He drilled wood to make fire in the Shangqiu area of ??present-day Henan and taught people how to cook cooked food. He was the inventor of artificial fire in China and ended the history of ancient humans eating hair and drinking blood.
The myth of the Suiren clan who created the Chinese civilization reflects the evolution from the use of natural fire to artificial fire in the primitive era of China. "Shangshu Da Zhuan" says: "The people of Sui are Emperor Sui, Fuxi is Emperor Xi, and Shennong is Emperor Nong. Sui people use fire as a discipline, fire, sun, sun. Yang is respected, so Emperor Sui is entrusted to the sky." A hero in mythology who benefits the people with wisdom, bravery and perseverance.
2. Fuxi: Fuxi is the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation in ancient legends, the earliest king recorded in ancient Chinese books, and one of the originators of Chinese medicine. According to legend, Fuxi had the head of a human and the body of a snake. He married his brother and sister Nuwa and had children. According to the changes in the world, he invented divination and gossip, and created writing to end the history of "tying knots to record events."
He also knotted ropes into nets for catching birds and hunting. He also taught people how to fish and hunt, invented the harp and composed music. Fuxi died one hundred and eleven years after becoming king, leaving behind a large number of myths and legends about Fuxi.
3. Shennong: Shennong, one of the Three Ancient Emperors of China, is the inventor of agriculture, medicine and human tea in Han folklore. He tasted all kinds of herbs and taught people medical treatment and farming. Because of these two important contributions, he is revered by the world as the "King of Medicine", "King of Five Grains", "First Emperor of Five Grains", "Emperor Shennong", etc. He is a god in charge of medicine and agriculture. He can not only bless agricultural harvests and people's health, but also be used by doctors Restaurants and medicine shops are regarded as patron saints. ?
Five Emperors:
1. Yellow Emperor: Yellow Emperor (2717 BC - 2599 BC): leader of the ancient Chinese tribal alliance and the leader of the Chinese nation in ancient China . The head of the Five Emperors. He is revered as the "first ancestor of humanities" in China. It is said that he was the son of Shaodian and Fu Bao. His original surname was Gongsun, but he later changed his surname to Ji, so he was called Ji Xuanyuan. He lived on the hill of Xuanyuan and was named Xuanyuan clan. His capital was built in Youxiong, also known as Youxiong clan.
Some people also call it "Dihong's family". According to historical records, Huangdi was named Huangdi because of his auspicious native virtues. The Yellow Emperor is recorded in history for his great achievements in unifying the Chinese tribes and conquering the Dongyi and Jiuli tribes to unify China. During the reign of the Yellow Emperor, he sown hundreds of grains and vegetation, vigorously developed production, and began to make clothes and crowns, build boats and chariots, make music, and create medicine.
2. Zhuanxu: His real name is Qianhuang, his name is Gaoyang, he is the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, the son of Changyi, the leader of the ancient Chinese tribal alliance, and one of the "Five Emperors". Also known as Black Emperor or Xuan Emperor, in the legend of the gods, he is the emperor in charge of the north. Zhuanxu started from Qiongsang, moved his capital to Shangqiu, and later settled in Diqiu. "Guoyu·Chu" says that Zhuanxu was in charge after Shaohao.
"Liezi·Tangwen" also has the same statement: "The Gong family of the Communist Party of China and Xuanxu fought for the emperor. In anger, they touched the mountains of Buzhou, broke the pillars of the sky, and maintained the desperate position. Therefore, the sky tilted to the northwest, and the sun and the moon The stars are there; the earth is not full of the southeast, so all the rivers and rivers flow back to Yan. "The myth of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness East" says that Shaohao educated Zhuanxu in the East China Sea. Later, Yu (Shun), Xia, Qin, and Chu all became his descendants, becoming one of the two lines parallel to the Yellow Emperor and Emperor Ku, and became one of the great ancestors of the Chinese nation's humanities.
3. Emperor Ku (kù): surnamed Ji, named Jun (一zuokui), one of the Five Emperors. Born in Gaoxin, he was a famous tribal alliance leader in ancient China. The prototype of the Emperor of Heaven in ancient books such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is Emperor Ku.
He was named Marquis of Xin at the age of 15, and ascended the throne by Zen at the age of 30, named Gao Xin. After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, he was listed as the third emperor among the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors", that is, the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor. He inherited the legacy of Yan and Huang, and later inherited Yao and Shun. He laid the foundation of China and was the cultural ancestor of the Chinese nation. Considered by the Shang clan to be their first ancestor.
4. Yao: surnamed Yiqi, given name Fangxun, a native of the ancient Tang Kingdom (now Yaodu District, Linfen, Shanxi), the leader of the tribal alliance in ancient China. The son of Emperor Ku, his mother is Chen Feng, one of the "Five Emperors".
At the age of thirteen, he assisted his elder brother Di Zhi and was granted the title of Taodi. At the age of fifteen, he was granted the title of Tao Tang in Tang Dynasty. At the age of eighteen, Yao became the emperor and settled in Puban. Yao succeeded Shun in seventy years. Twenty years later, Yao and Shun came to power in his place. Yao abdicated and died twenty-eight years later. Yao inherited the throne from his father, Emperor Ku, and pioneered the "concession system".
5. Shun: The leader of the tribal alliance in ancient China. He was honored as emperor by later generations and was included in the "Five Emperors". Legend has it that his surname was Yao, his given name was Chonghua, and his courtesy name was Dujun. Born in Zhucheng. Accepting Yao's "abdication", he became the leader of the Yu family. His honorific titles include: Emperor Shun (Emperor Shun), Great Shun, and Yu Shun. The "Tsinghua Bamboo Slips" and "Bao Xun" of the Warring States Period mentioned that Yu and Shun inherited the "Middle Way": "If the things of Yin and Yang are measured, if they are obedient and not contrary, Shun will win."
"Historical Records·The Chronicles of the Five Emperors" says that "all the good virtues in the world began with Emperor Shun." "Tong Zi Wen Yi" researched that Emperor Shun was a person who emphasized the hexagrams of the Dayi, and came from the origin of morality in the "Book of Changes" Emperor Shun, so Shun is known as one of the five sages in the history of the development of Yixue. Today, there are more than 300 million descendants of Emperor Shun in the world.
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The sayings of the Five Emperors
1. The Five Emperors, Huangdi, Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku, Yao and Shun. This is based on the praise given to them by "Guoyu·Luyu". "Emperor Lineage" compiled a lineage with Huangdi as the ancestor.
"Lu Shi Chun Qiu" and "Historical Records: The Chronicles of the Five Emperors" inherited this theory.
2. Mi Xi (Fuxi), Shennong, Huangdi, Yao and Shun proposed in "Warring States Policy·Zhao Ce" and "Yi Xici". "Zhuangzi", "Huainanzi Shuzhenxun" and "Santongli" also follow this theory. "Tongjian Waiji" opposes the theory of three emperors and five emperors, but the earliest emperors listed in it are still these five people.
3. Taihao, Yandi, Huangdi, Shaohao and Zhuanxu recorded in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals Twelve Chronicles". "Book of Rites·Yue Ling" also says the same thing. Wang Fu's "Qianfu Lun" included each ancient emperor's department under the blood and yin system of the Five Emperors.
4. The ancient history system arranged in the "Shi Jing" is based on the "Twelve Chronicles" and the "Yue Ling". Between Huangdi and Zhuanxu, there is Shaohao. Zheng Xuan annotated "Zhonghou Imperial Provincial Map" That is to say, Shaohao was added to the first Five Emperors theory, saying that there are six people in the Five Emperors, all of whom are in the constellation of the Five Emperors. However, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Ji Ming Zheng" and other theories have promoted the Yellow Emperor to one of the three emperors. Huangfu Mi's "Century of Emperors" followed it, and the five following Shaohao were regarded as the five emperors.
So the pseudo "Preface to Shangshu" was based on the "Shijing" that the three first three emperors, Fuxi, Shennong and Huangdi, were the three emperors, and the following ones, Shaohao, Zhuanxu, Diku, Yao and Shun, were the five emperors. Due to its status as a classic, all subsequent historical records will adopt this theory. As a result, the theory of "Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors" was regarded as ancient history.
5. "Tongjian Waiji" and "Lu Shifa" quoted the portrait stele of Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, and listed Huangdi, Shaohao, Zhuanxu, Ku and Yao as the five emperors, which seemed to be the latest one. explain. However, Liang Wu only had more than 600 volumes of "General History". According to Chen Li's "White Tiger Tongshu Zheng", he thought that the portrait stele description might be a falsification of the "Wuliang Ancestral Hall Portrait Stele Description", so this theory still came from the Han people.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors