Overview
The translated histories identify Huangdi as a ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Huangdi | 黃帝 | Huangdi |
| Title | Yellow Emperor | 黃帝 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:001:s0273
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · shiji:001:s0273
Origins and identity
- Label: common surname shared down to Shun and Yu / 同姓Explicit · shiji:001:s0273
Places and affiliations
- Label: Youxiong / 有熊 · Relation: ruled-asExplicit · shiji:001:s0274
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: accounts often inelegant and hard for gentlemen to repeat · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Grand Historian (太史公)Explicit · shiji:001:s0280
References in the histories
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