五帝
五帝
wǔ dì
Five Emperors from legendary times; possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them; usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 Xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
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- Five Emperors from legendary times
- possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them
- usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 Xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
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唐尧(Táng Yáo)— Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
→先王(xiān wáng)— former kings
→颛顼(Zhuān Xū)— Zhuan Xu, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], grandson of Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC
→尧(Yáo)— surname Yao
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