Ancient China · Ruler

Emperor Shaohao Jintian 少昊帝金天氏

Shaohao

Dates uncertain

Passages
4
Chapters
4
Histories
4

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Shaohao Jintian 少昊帝金天氏 Shaohao
Title Emperor
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

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

  • Organization: Shaohao clan / 少暤氏 · Relation: eponym-of
    Explicit · shiji:026:s0018

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: clan-declined
    Explicit · shiji:026:s0018

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 20Table of Ancient and Modern Persons · 1 passage
Book of Later Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits · 1 passage
History of Jin, Chapter 35Volume 35 Treatises 16: Rites 8: Consecration of Shrines to a Sages; Temple to the Warrior King Cheng of Zhou; Monarchs of Past Ages; Halls to Various Spirits in Changbai Shan, Dafang Shan, Amur River, Jia Yin Hou; Spirits of the Lu River; Spirits of Zhao Yin Shun; Spirits of Zhen an Gong, Rui Shen Gongl; Worshipping, Sacrifices, Vists, and State Ceremonies at Zhen Xian Jun Wang Temple · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 26Treatise on the Calendar · 1 passage