Yellow Emperor

Yellow Emperor
Yellow Emperor
Member of Wufang Shangdi
Other names	Ancestral name: Gōngsūn (Kung-sun; 公孫); Given name: Xuānyuán (Hsüan-yüan; 軒轅),;
Major cult centre	Mount Song
Predecessor	Chidi (Wuxing cycle, also political with the Flame Emperor)
Successor	Baidi (Wuxing cycle, also political with Shaohao)
Personal information
Parents	Shaodian (mortal body) (father); Fubao (mortal body) (mother);

Huang-di, (黃帝/黄帝 huángdì) or the Yellow Emperor, is a legendary Chinese sovereign and cultural hero who is thought to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese. One of the legendary Five Emperors, it was written in the Shiji by historian Sima Qian (145 BC-90 BC) that Huangdi reigned from 2497 BC to 2398 BC. His personal name was said to be Gongsun Xuanyuan (公孙轩辕). He became the chief deity of Taoism during the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD).

Yellow Emperor Media

Temple of Huangdi in Xinzheng, Zhengzhou, Henan
The eagle-faced Thunder God (雷神 Léishén) in a 1923 drawing, punisher of those who go against the order of Heaven
Map of tribes and tribal unions in Ancient China, including tribes of Huang Di (Yellow Emperor), Yan Di (Flame Emperor) and Chiyou
Twentieth-century statue of the Yellow Emperor, carved by Ju Ming on display at the National Palace Museum in Taipei
Inquiring of the Dao at the Cave of Paradise, hanging scroll, color on silk, 210.5 x 83 cm by Dai Jin (1388–1462). This painting is based on the story, first recounted in the Zhuangzi, that the Yellow Emperor traveled to the Kongtong Mountains to inquire about the Dao with the Daoist sage Guangchengzi.
A section of the four seasons poem from the Tung Shing, which is believed to have fortune telling properties.
As depicted in the album Portraits of Famous Men c. 1900 CE, housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Xuanyuan Temple, dedicated to the worship of Huangdi, in Huangling, Yan'an, Shaanxi
One of the two turtle-based steles at Shou Qiu, Qufu, Shandong, the legendary birthplace of the Yellow Emperor

Sources

The Terracotta Warriors- <Cotterell, Maurice. The Terracotta Warriors. Rochester, Vermont: Bear and Company, 2004.>

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji 史記, c. 100 BC), Chapter 1, "Wudi benji" 五帝本紀 ("Annals of the Five Emperors"); on Chinese Text Project (retrieved on 2016-10-08).

Other websites

Media related to Yellow Emperor at Wikimedia Commons

Huang Clan Genealogy from the Yellow Emperor

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[CTP-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji 史記, c. 100 BC), Chapter 1, "Wudi benji" 五帝本紀 ("Annals of the Five Emperors"); on Chinese Text Project (retrieved on 2016-10-08).

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Yellow Emperor
Member of Wufang Shangdi
Other names	Ancestral name: Gōngsūn (Kung-sun; 公孫)^[1] Given name: Xuānyuán (Hsüan-yüan; 軒轅)^[1],
Major cult centre	Mount Song
Predecessor	Chidi (Wuxing cycle, also political with the Flame Emperor)
Successor	Baidi (Wuxing cycle, also political with Shaohao)
Personal information
Parents	Shaodian (mortal body) (father) Fubao (mortal body) (mother)