Yellow Emperor

Yellow Emperor
Yellow Emperor
Member of Wufang Shangdi
	Diagram of the Wufang Shangdi
Other names	Ancestral name: Gōngsūn (Kung-sun; 公孫); Given name: Xuānyuán (Hsüan-yüan; 軒轅),;
Major cult centre	Mount Song
Predecessor	Chidi (Wuxing cycle, also political with the Flame Emperor)
Successor	Baidi (Wuxing cycle, also political with Shaohao)
Planet	Saturn
Personal information
Consort	Leizu; Fengleishi; Tongyushi; Momu;
Children	Shaohao; Changyi;
Parents	Shaodian (mortal body) (father); Fubao (mortal body) (mother);

Huang-di, (黃帝/黄帝 huángdì) or the Yellow Emperor, is a legendary Chinese sovereign and cultural hero who is thought to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese. One of the legendary Five Emperors, it was written in the Shiji by historian Sima Qian (145 BC-90 BC) that Huangdi reigned from 2497 BC to 2398 BC. His personal name was said to be Gongsun Xuanyuan (公孙轩辕). He became the chief deity of Taoism during the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD).

Sources

The Terracotta Warriors- <Cotterell, Maurice. The Terracotta Warriors. Rochester, Vermont: Bear and Company, 2004.>

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji 史記, c. 100 BC), Chapter 1, "Wudi benji" 五帝本紀 ("Annals of the Five Emperors"); on Chinese Text Project (retrieved on 2016-10-08).

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Huang Clan Genealogy from the Yellow Emperor

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[CTP-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji 史記, c. 100 BC), Chapter 1, "Wudi benji" 五帝本紀 ("Annals of the Five Emperors"); on Chinese Text Project (retrieved on 2016-10-08).

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