Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor Shaohao Jintian as a ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor Shaohao Jintian | 少昊帝金天氏 | Shaohao |
| Title | Emperor | 帝 | |
| Alternate | Jintian | 金天氏 | Jintian |
| Personal | Shaohao | 少昊 | Shaohao |
| Personal name | Shaohao | 少昊 | Shǎohào |
| Personal name | Shaohao | 少昊 | |
| Personal | Shaohao | 少暤 | Shǎohào |
| Clan | Shaohao clan | 少暤氏 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0161
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jinshi:035:s0062
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquity
Career and standing
- Emperor / 帝Explicit · hanshu:020:s369
Places and affiliations
- Organization: Shaohao clan / 少暤氏 · Relation: eponym-ofExplicit · shiji:026:s0018
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: clan-declinedExplicit · shiji:026:s0018
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · jinshi:035:s0062
References in the histories
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