Ancient China · Ruler

Yellow Emperor 黃帝

Huangdi

Dates uncertain

Passages
19
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yellow Emperor as a ruler. This record brings together 19 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

RolesRuler

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yellow Emperor 黃帝 Huangdi
Title Lord of Youxiong 有熊 Youxiong

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Ancestor of Emperor Zhuanxu Gaoyang (顓頊帝高陽氏)
    Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Ancestor of Emperor Ku (帝嚳)
    Kinship Term: great-grandson / 曾孫 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Changyi (昌意)
    Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Xuanxiao (玄囂)
    Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal

Career and standing

  • Title: Lord of Youxiong / 有熊 · Action: held
    Explicit · shiji:013:s233

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 19 passages
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