Who are the Three Emperors and Five Emperors ? What do they contribute?

The Three Emperors and Five Emperors were not real emperors, but only tribal leaders or tribal alliance leaders who made outstanding contributions to mankind in the primeval period, and later generations revered them as "emperors" or "emperors". The people revered them as gods and proclaimed their great deeds with all kinds of beautiful myths and legends. Chinese have heard of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, these eight people are the eight historical leaders who played a very important role in the development of ancient Chinese history, but if you tell who they are, I am afraid that some people are not very clear!

Let's start with a brief introduction! The Three Emperors and Five Emperors were not real emperors, but only tribal leaders or tribal alliance leaders who made outstanding contributions to mankind in the primeval period, and later generations revered them as "emperors" or "emperors". The people revered them as gods and proclaimed their great deeds with all kinds of beautiful myths and legends.

Yun Doushu", "Yuan Ming Bao" and other books contain: The three emperors are Fuxi, Shennong, and Nuwa, who established a marriage system and created people. In the "Book of Wei" of the Han Dynasty, the three emperors were called the emperors of heaven, the emperor of the earth, and the emperor of people, and they were worshiped as the three gods.

Later, in Taoism, the three emperors were divided into three groups: the first three emperors had a human form, the middle three emperors had a human face snake body or dragon body, and the latter three emperors had the head of the dragon body, that is, Fuxi, the head of the emperor of the earth and the snake body, that is, Nuwa, and the head of the descendant emperor bull, that is, Shennong.

That's right! It is Shennong (Emperor of the Earth), Emperor Yan, the honorific title of the leader of the tribe surnamed Jiang in ancient China, called Shennong, he tasted herbs and developed herbal medicine to cure diseases; He invented slash-and-burn farming, created two kinds of soil turning farming tools, and taught people to cultivate food crops in the wasteland; He also led the tribesmen in making pottery and cooking utensils for food and drink.

Of course, in the more than 400 years of the Yellow Emperor Dynasty, a total of seven emperors left their names, except for one characterized as mediocre and incompetent (Ji Zhi), one is negligible, and the remaining five are included in the list of five Chinese emperors in ancient times.

All in all, it is the protagonist of the story of Pangu opening the world that we are all familiar with, and the legend says that the world was opened by Pangu with an axe, and this story went to the Northern Wei Dynasty and was introduced to the north through Li Daoyuan. Since then, Pangu has developed from a myth spread among ethnic minorities in the south to a legendary common ancestor of the Chinese nation. In the "Five Fortune Calendars" in the nine elements of the "Guang Bo Chronicles", after the ancestor of the Chinese nation, Pangu turned into immortals, his body organs turned into the sun, moon and stars, the four poles and five mountains, rivers and lakes and all living beings.

It is generally believed that the Three Emperors refer to the Emperor: Fuxi, the Emperor of the Earth: Shennong, and the Emperor of People:

Regulus . The Five Emperors refer to Taihao, Emperor Yan, Emperor Huangdi, Shaohao, and Zhuan. The contributions of the three emperors include Fuxi Nuwa creating people and Shennong tasting herbs.

The five emperors were all tribal leaders at that time, and the greatest congratulations were to maintain the survival of the tribe, lead the tribe to grow and develop, and create Chinese human civilization together.

The three emperors, referring to Suiren (Suihuang), Fuxi (Xihuang), Shennong (Nonghuang); The Five Emperors refer to the Yellow Emperor, Zhuan Emperor, Emperor Yu, Yao, and Shun. The Three Emperors and Five Emperors are not real emperors, but refer to the tribal leaders or tribal alliance leaders who made outstanding contributions to mankind in the middle and late stages of primitive society, and later generations posthumously respected them as "emperors" or "emperors". Taoism worships them as gods and uses all kinds of beautiful myths and legends to publicize their great deeds.

The Three Emperors refer to the Sui Emperor, the Xi Emperor, and the Agricultural Emperor. Emperor Sui drilled wood to make fire in the area of Shangqiu, Henan Province, and educated his tribal people to eat cooked food, so that mankind bid farewell to the period of Ru Mao drinking blood; Emperor Xi created divination and rumors according to the changes of heaven and earth, yin and yang, five elements, and words, so that mankind ended the era of "knotted ropes" and invented the piano and **; Nonghuang is Shennong, the discoverer and creator of Han folk medicine, agriculture and tea.

The Five Emperors refer to the Yellow Emperor, the Emperor Xuan, the Emperor Yu, the Emperor Yao, and the Shun. The Yellow Emperor conquered the Dongyi and Jiuli ethnic groups, unified the Huaxia people, and taught people to learn civilization, develop production, make clothes, build ships, and create a sense of rhythm after unification; He was the Emperor of Heaven in charge of the north and successfully maintained the unity of the Chinese Alliance; According to the 24 solar terms of each year, Emperor Yu taught people to sow and harvest according to the prescribed dates, so that agriculture entered a stable legal cycle, so that the Chinese would be more prosperous; Emperor Yao effectively dealt with many floods; Shun did his best to punish the birds of prey, expel the Gonggongs, and expand his territory, so that Chinese culture could continue to spread abroad.

People's understanding of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors begins with historical records. The Three Emperors generally refer to: Suiren, Fuxi, and Shennong, and the Five Emperors refer to the Yellow Emperor, Zhuan, Emperor Yu, Yao, and Shun.

The Three Emperors were three prominent tribal leaders who lived in ancient China, and many stories about them are related to mythology. The Five Emperors are recorded in history, they lived from 2599 BC to 2078 BC, and were the five outstanding emperors of the land of China.

Suiren is the first of the Three Emperors. His greatest contribution was the invention of drilling wood for fire and teaching people to eat cooked food. Since then, mankind has ended the history of drinking blood.

His invention was a great step forward in human civilization. Fuxi is one of the founders of Chinese medicine, and his various inventions and creations are the beginning of Chinese civilization. Shennong invented agriculture, tea, and agricultural tools, taught people to plant and weave, and was known as the god of agriculture.

The contribution of the Three Emperors is the origin of Chinese civilization, since then people have got rid of primitive life, food, clothing, housing and transportation have been guaranteed, and have taken a step towards civilization.

Starting from the Yellow Emperor, we have the history of China. That's why we're called the descendants of Yan and Huang. The Yellow Emperor is the ancestor of all of China.

The ancestors of the royal families of the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty, and the Zhou Dynasty were the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and the descendants of these four emperors created each dynasty respectively. This history of the origin of China can be divided into two stages, one is the Five Emperors from the Yellow Emperor to the Xia Dynasty, and the other is the Xia, Shang, and Zhou. The Five Emperors and the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties multiplied for thousands of years, and the rulers of the time were the Yellow Emperor and his descendants.

Therefore, the Yellow Emperor and his descendants became the ancestors of the Chinese nation.

The people and stories of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors may be true or false, but their inventions and creations are indeed milestones of human civilization, and it can be said that without the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, there would be no Chinese civilization, and they are of great significance to the origin of the Chinese nation.

The introduction of the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors has different statements in different works:

Three Emperors:

Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong; From "The Great Biography of Shangshu".

Fuxi, Nuwa, Shennong; From "Spring and Autumn Fortune Doushu".

Fuxi, Zhurong, Shennong; From "Customs and Customs".

Fuxi, Shennong, Yellow Emperor. From the "Three Character Classic".

Five Emperors:

Yellow Emperor, Shao Hao, Zhuan Xuan, Emperor Yu, Yao; From "Zizhi Tongjian Outer Chronicle".

Yellow Emperor, Zhuan, Emperor Yu, Yao, Shun; From ("The Great Dai Li".

Taihao, Emperor Yan, Yellow Emperor, Shaohao, Zhuan. From "Lü's Spring and Autumn".

Three Emperors: Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong, from "The Great Biography of Shangshu";

Fuxi, Nuwa, Shennong, from "Spring and Autumn Fortune Doushu";

Fuxi, Zhurong, Shennong, from "Customs and Customs";

Fuxi, Shennong, Yellow Emperor, from the "Three Character Classic";

There are Chao's, Suiren's, and Zhisheng's, from "Zhuangzi" and "Compendium of Easy Knowledge".

Five Emperors: Taihao, Emperor Yan, Yellow Emperor, Shaohao, Zhuan, from "Lü's Spring and Autumn";

The Yellow Emperor, Zhuan, Emperor Yu, Yao, Shun, from "The Great Dai Li Ji";

The Yellow Emperor, Shao Hao, Zhuan, Emperor Yu, Yao, from the "Zizhi Tongjian Outer Chronicle".

The Three Emperors and the Five Emperors are the combined names of the historical mythological figures "Three Emperors" and "Five Emperors". The Three Emperors in the original sense refer to the three ancient emperors (the Emperor of Heaven, the Emperor of the Earth, and the Emperor of the People), and the Fuxi clan was later added as the "Three Emperors". The Five Emperors in the original sense refer to the ancient gods of the five directions, and later added Gongsun Xuanyuan and other five ancient tribal leaders as the "Five Emperors".

Three Emperors:Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong ("The Great Biography of Shangshu");

Fuxi, Nuwa's stupid head, Shennong ("Customs and Customs");

Fuxi, Zhurong, Shennong (ibid.);

Fuxi, Shennong, Yellow Emperor ("Ancient Micro Book").

Five Emperors:The Yellow Emperor with a number, Zhuan, Emperor Yu, Yao, Shun ("The Great Dai Li Ji");

Ku Xi, Shennong, Yellow Emperor, Yao, Shun ("Warring States Policy");

Tai Hao, Emperor Yan, Yellow Emperor, Shao Hao, Zhuan Xuan ("Lü's Spring and Autumn" closed sail);

Fuxi, Shennong, and Huangdi are the three emperors, and Shaohao, Zhuan, Diyu, Yao, and Shun are the five emperors (pseudo "Shangshu Preface");

With the respect of its scripture status, it is said in future historical books. Therefore, the three emperors and five emperors were regarded as the ancient history of letters;

Yellow Emperor, Shao Hao, Zhuan Xuan, Yu, Yao ("Zizhi Tongjian Outer Chronicle").

Three emperors and five emperors, there are two meanings:

1. Refers to historical figures. The three emperors, referring to Suiren (Suihuang), Fuxi (Xihuang), Shennong (Nonghuang); There are three main sayings for the Five Emperors, one refers to the Yellow Emperor, Zhendong Lack of 颛顼, Emperor Yu, Yao, and Shun.

The second theory refers to Da Hao Trembling You (Fu Xi), Emperor Yan, Yellow Emperor, Shao Hao (Shao Hao), and Zhen Xu. The third theory refers to Shao Hao (皞), 颛顼, Gao Xin (Emperor Yu), Yao, and Shun. The Qin State originally worshipped four emperors (Emperor Baiyu, Emperor Qing, Emperor Huang, and Emperor Yan), and the Black Emperor was the five emperors.

2. Refers to a historical period. That is, the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors", also known as "Ancient Era", "Ancient Era" or "Mythological Era". It can also be referred to as "Three Emperors and Five Emperors".

The Three Emperors and Five Emperors led the people to create the ancient Chinese civilization, and modern archaeology has found a large number of Longshan cultural sites corresponding to this period, proving that the Three Emperors and Five Emperors period did exist.