Overview
The translated histories identify Zhuanxu as a ruler. This record brings together 9 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 | Zhuanxu | 顓頊 | Zhuanxu |
| Title | Emperor Zhuanxu | 帝顓頊 | |
| Alternate name | Gaoyang | 高陽 | Gaoyang |
| Personal name | Zhuanxu | 顓頊 | Zhuanxu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:001:s0032
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Explicit · shiji:001:s0039
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquity
Family
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- Descendant of Yellow Emperor (黃帝)Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Child of Changpu (昌仆)Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Child of Changyi (昌意)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological - Parent of Qiong Chan (窮蟬)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: had a son / 生子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son - Kin of Emperor Ku (帝嚳)Kinship Term: younger clansman / 族子 · Line: paternal
- Kinship Role: talented sons · Count: 8 · Label: Eight Harmonious / 八愷Explicit · shiji:001:s0192
Career and standing
- Title: Emperor / 帝Explicit · shiji:001:s0032
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · shiji:001:s0032
- From: Gaoyang / 高陽 · To: Emperor Zhuanxu / 帝顓頊Explicit · shiji:001:s0032
References in the histories
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