Pre-Qin refers to the period from the legendary Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Warring States Period. The narrow research scope of pre-Qin history includes the period from civilization to the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, mainly referring to the history of Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States. Mr. Huang Moya, a famous scholar, compared the pre-Qin dynasty to the first of Chinese civilization.
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2. The Three Emperors era was about 6,000 years ago to 4,000 years ago, which was the embryonic development period of Chinese civilization. According to historical records, the Dragon Three Emperors era was a period of transition from matriarchal clan society to paternal clan society, and the early Nuwa was often listed as one of Huang San. By the time of the Five Emperors, it was already a patriarchal society, but women still had a high social status, and Lei Zu and other female figures also made great contributions to the development of civilization. The civilization of the Five Emperors era is the continuation of the civilization of the Three Emperors era. Taking characters as an example, it is said that Fuxi created gossip and characters, but in the era of the Yellow Emperor, Cang Xie created characters, and the characters became more and more mature. Dragon worship in Nvwa 、 Fuxi era [1] further developed in Yanhuang era. Legend has it that Yan Di (referring to the last Yan Di) and Huangdi Di are descendants of Shennong [2]. Yan Di is the leader of Shennong tribe and the leader of all tribal alliances. At that time, Shennong tribe was in decline, and the Yellow Emperor and Fuxi (some people think that Pangu is Fuxi) tribe had a close inheritance relationship. Later, the Yellow Emperor replaced Yan Di as the son of heaven and became the head of the five emperors. After the Five Emperors came Xia, Shang and Fuxi.
About 4000 years ago, in the Five Emperors' era, there was a tribe named Ji in the Yellow River valley. The leader is the Yellow Emperor, who is mainly engaged in agricultural labor. There is also a tribe headed by Emperor Yan called Jiang. Friction often occurs between the two tribes. The two tribes finally broke out in the battle of Hanquan. Huangdi defeated Yandi and the two tribes formed an alliance. Finally, the Yellow Emperor conquered the surrounding tribes. In the era of the Yellow Emperor, Chinese civilization made great progress and Chinese people came into being.