Which "Huang San" is the "Huang San" in the history of China?

In ancient China, there was a legend that three emperors and five emperors were collectively called "three emperors and five emperors". Qin Shihuang used the "emperor" of Huang San and the "emperors" of the five emperors to express his lofty position. So, who are the three emperors and five emperors? Opinions vary.

According to Historical Records, Qin Shihuang, Huang Di and Tai Huang are Huang San, while Tai Huang is considered to be the most expensive. So, who is Tai Huang? Taiping Yulan Volume 78 quotes another viewpoint from Spring and Autumn Wei, and holds that the emperor, the Yellow Emperor and Ren Huang are Huang San. It seems that Tai Huang is Ren Huang. Biography of Shangshu and White Tiger Yi Tong. , advocated as Suiren's and Fuxi's Shennong's, while Shu, Yuan Mingbao and other Wei books not only agreed with Hu and Shennong's, but also supplemented the Nu Wa who created human beings. In addition, Fuxi, Shennong and Huangdi are regarded as Huang San in The Emperor's Century, and Fuxi, Shennong and * * * are regarded as Huang San in As a Mirror Biography. From this point of view, Fuxi and Shennong occupy two seats in Huang San, and their theories are basically the same, but there are great differences about who is the third place.

There are several different combinations. To sum up, there are some sayings:

Huang San

(1) Sui people, Fuxi, Shennong (Biography of Shangshu);

(2) Fuxi, Nuwa and Shennong (Custom Yi Tong);

(3) Fuxi, Zhu Rong and Shennong (ditto);

(4) Fuxi, Shennong and Huangdi (ancient micro-books).