Yellow Emperor 黃帝

Names

Identity

Historicity

Legendary

Identification

Named

Sex

Male

• Sex: male
  Strongly inferred · beiqishu:029:s0001, houhanshu:032:s0083, houhanshu:108:s0055, jiuwudaishi:145:s0043, liaoshi:031:s0004, liaoshi:034:s0002, mingshi:057:s0271, shiji:025:s0008, shiji:080:s0118, shiji:127:s0112, xintangshu:016:s0126
• Sex: male
  Explicit · hanshu:001:s0084, hanshu:026:s0007, houhanshu:131:s0008, liaoshi:055:s0009, liaoshi:056:s0109, sanguozhi:062:s0061, yuanshi:171:s0114, zhoushu:004:s0087
• Value: male
  Strongly inferred · hanshu:022:s0031, shiji:074:s0022

Roles

• Musician
• Philosopher
• Physician
• Ruler

Places and affiliations

• Place: Zhuolu / 涿鹿 · Relation: campaigned-at
  Explicit · shiji:025:s0008

Learning and skills

• Skill: medical diagnosis and prescriptions / 病候治方
  Explicit · beiqishu:049:s0003

Events and relationships

• Kind: legendary-music · Role: originator · Action: blew-nine-inch-tube-for-yellow-bell
  Explicit · jiuwudaishi:145:s0043
• Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: executed · Other Person Id: Chiyou (蚩尤) · Place: Zhuolu / 涿鹿
  Explicit · liaoshi:031:s0004
• Kind: ritual · Role: officiant · Action: feng-shan-then-became-transcendent · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
  Explicit · houhanshu:108:s0055
• Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: fought · Place: Zhuolu / 涿鹿
  Explicit · shiji:025:s0008
• Kind: ritual · Role: ruler · Action: instituted-regalia-crown-and-patterned-garments
  Explicit · liaoshi:056:s0109
• Kind: cultural · Role: ruler · Action: let-robes-hang-down-and-realm-governed
  Explicit · houhanshu:131:s0008
• Kind: ritual · Role: recipient · Action: received-sacrifice · Label: campaign-site prayer offering on bear skins / 禡于所征之地以熊席祀
  Explicit · xintangshu:016:s0126
• Kind: military · Role: legendary ruler · Action: resorted to battle when unavoidable · Provenance: Mode: edict-historical-exemplum · Speaker Person Id: Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)
  Explicit · jiuwudaishi:010:s0005, jiuwudaishi:010:s0007
• Kind: military · Role: ruler · Action: used-arms-against-non-tributaries
  Explicit · mingshi:057:s0271

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment: ancient sovereign; traditions before his age conflict and lack a single authoritative account · Provenance: Mode: commentator-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yan Shigu (師古)
  Explicit · hanshu:022:s0031

Source notes

• Historicity: legendary
  Explicit · beiqishu:029:s0070, hanshu:001:s0084, hanshu:026:s0007, houhanshu:108:s0055, houhanshu:131:s0008, jiuwudaishi:145:s0043, liaoshi:031:s0003, liaoshi:031:s0004, liaoshi:034:s0002, liaoshi:055:s0009, liaoshi:056:s0109, sanguozhi:062:s0061, shiji:025:s0008, xintangshu:016:s0126
• Value: legendary
  Explicit · hanshu:022:s0031, shiji:074:s0022