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fr:Sanhuangwudi ja:三皇五帝 zh:三皇五帝 The Three August Ones and Five Emperors (Chinese language|Chinese: 三皇五帝; pinyin: sānhu?ng wǔd?, Wade-Giles: san-huang wu-ti) were Chinese mythology|mythological rulers of China during the period preceding the Xia dynasty from 2500 BC to 2205 BC. The Three August Ones, sometimes known as the Three Sovereigns, were said to be god-kings or demigods who used their magical powers to improve the lives of their people. Because of their lofty virtue they lived to a great age and ruled over a period of great peace. The Three August Ones are ascribed various identities in different Chinese historical texts. The Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian states that they were:
The Yundou shu (運斗樞) and Yuanming bao (元命苞) identify them as:
Fuxi and N?wa are the god and goddess husband and wife credited with being the ancestors of humankind after a devastating flood and Shennong is the god who invented farming and is the first to use herb for medical use. The Shangshu dazhuan (尚書大傳) and Baihu tongyi (白虎通義) replace N?wa with Suiren (燧人), the inventor of fire. The Diwang shiji (帝王世紀) replaces N?wa with the Yellow Emperor (黄帝), the supposed ancestor of all Chinese people. The Five Emperors were legendary, morally perfect sage-kings. According to the Records of the Grand Historian they were:
Yao and Shun are also known as the Two Emperors, and, along with Yu the Great|Yu (禹), founder of the Xia dynasty, were considered to be model rulers and moral examplars by Neo-Confucians in later Chinese history. The Shangshu xu (尚書序) and Diwang shiji include Shaohao (少昊) instead of the Yellow Emperor. The Song of Chu (楚辭) identifies the Five Emperors as directional gods:
The Book of Rites (禮記) equates the Five Emperors with the Five Lineages (五氏), which comprise:
The first historical emperor of China was Qin Shi Huang, who coined a new term for "emperor" (huangdi) by combining the titles of "august one" (huang) and "sage-king" (di). Category:History of China Category:Chinese mythology This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sanhuangwudi".
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