Xu is pronounced xū.
The pronunciation of Zhuanxu is zhuan?xū. It is said that this represents the grandson of the emperor. An emperor in ancient times was known as the Gaoyang clan.
Zhuanxu and Emperor Yu were the second and third emperors among the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" in ancient times. They inherited the legacy of Yanhuang and the successors of Yao and Shun. They laid the foundation of China and are the most important humanities of the Chinese nation. Ancestor. Mr. Fan Wenlan, a master of traditional Chinese culture, wrote in "Compendium of General History of China": "People before the Han Dynasty believed that Xuanyuan Huangdi, Zhuanxu, and Dizi were the ancestors of the Chinese people. It is a fact. There are many disputes about the five emperors in history, but the five known ones are Zhuanxu is listed in all kinds of rankings, which shows his achievements."
The Three Emperors are the ancestors of China, mainly the Han people. There are many books with different explanations for this, and there are different opinions in each book. The Three Emperors characters listed in the book are all different. In "Shiben", the three emperors refer to Fuxi, Shennong and the emperor. This book comes from ancient books of the pre-Qin Dynasty.
The Three Emperors recorded in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" are Fuxi, Shennong, and Nuwa. In "Historical Records: Qin Shi Huang Mu Ji", they are the Emperor of Heaven, the Emperor of Earth and the Emperor of Thailand. What is recorded in "Historical Records: Supplementary Notes of the Three Emperors" is different. They are the Emperor of Heaven, the Emperor of Earth, and the Emperor of Human Beings. The Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong are mentioned in the biography of Shangshu, while the names Fuxi, Nuwa and Shennong are written in "Customs and Meanings·Huangba Chapter". The three emperors pointed out in "Baihutong" are Fuxi, Shenyi, and Zhurong. "Tongjian Waiji" records Fu Biao, Shennong, and Gong Gong.
In fact, the Five Emperors are recorded differently in different historical materials. The Five Emperors refer to the five tribal leaders in Chinese legends. There are three versions of the most prominent Five Emperors, one is: Huangdi, Zhuanxu, Emperor Harm, Yao, Shun. The second type refers to: Fuxi the Great, Emperor Yan, Huangdi, Shaopo, and Zhuanxu. The last one refers to: Shaosui, Zhuanxu, Gaoxin, Yao, and Shun. Generally speaking, when people talk about the Five Emperors, they refer to Huangdi, Zhuanxu, Diyu, Yao, and Shun.
Relevant myths and legends
In "Historical Records", Zhuanxu is recorded as a historical figure. Zhuanxu was the grandson of Huangdi and the son of Changyi, who took charge after Huangdi. Some scholars also believe that Zhuanxu is a historicized mythical figure. For example, Li Jinning argued in the article "The Image of Zhuanxu from the Perspective of Mythology and Its Cultural Significance" that "Zhuanxu is just like the historicization of mythical images such as Huangdi and Fuxi. A historical mythological figure. "
Whether it is "Zhuan" or "Xu", it must have evolved from "Sun". "Zhuan Xu" is a joint word, and the god Zhuan Xu has the personality of the sun. Therefore, "Historical Records" records that Zhuanxu's nickname was "Gaoyang": "Emperor Zhuanxu Gaoyang is the grandson of the Yellow Emperor and the son of Changyi." The so-called Gaoyang refers to the high sun.
Among the ancient Chinese calendars, there is one called the Zhuanxu calendar. In fact, Zhuanxu is the sun god, and Zhuanxu's calendar is the solar calendar. Fuxi and Huangdi are both related to the sun. Fuxi said that Zhuanxu created the Bagua precisely because Zhuanxu’s prototype was the sun. Huangdi is actually a different written record of the emperor, whose prototype is also the sun. "Huang" and "Huang" are the phonetic evolution of "light".