Who are the three emperors and five emperors respectively?

Three Sages King and Five Emperors —— Legendary Rulers of China in Ancient Times.

The Three Emperors and Five Emperors were the legendary "emperors" in China before the Xia Dynasty. Now it seems that they are all tribal leaders, and they have become the leaders of tribal alliances because of their strength. Different historians have different definitions of "Three Emperors and Five Emperors". Huang San has five theories, and so do the five emperors.

Huang San

1, Fuxi, Nuwa, Shennong

2. Fuxi, Zhu Rong and Shennong.

3. Fuxi, Shennong, * * *

4. Fuxi, Shennong (Yan Di) and Huangdi.

The latter view was popularized because of the influence of Shangshu, and Fuxi, Shennong and Huangdi became the three oldest emperors in China.

Five legendary rulers

1, Huangdi, Zhuan Xu, Yao, Shun

2. Mi Opera (Fuxi), Shennong, Huangdi, Yaoshun

3. Tai Hao, Yan Di, Huangdi, Shao Hao and Zhuan Xu.

4. Shao Hao, Zhuan Xu, Di Ku and Yao Shun, sons of the Yellow Emperor.

5. Huangdi, Zhuan Xu, Qi and Yao.

Among them, the fourth statement is popular because of Shangshu.

There was a tribe named Ji in the Yellow River valley at the earliest, and the leader was the Yellow Emperor. This tribe is active in central Shaanxi, mainly engaged in agricultural labor. There is also a tribe named Jiang headed by Emperor Yan nearby, and there are frequent frictions between the two sides. The battle of Banquan finally broke out between the two tribes. Huangdi defeated Yandi and the two tribes formed an alliance. Finally, the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou and recovered the surrounding tribes. This is how the Huaxia nationality, the main body of the Han nationality, came into being. Now China people call themselves "descendants of the Chinese people".

Generally speaking, the man referred to in Huang San's theory is the symbol of China ancestors in different prehistoric cultural stages. There are three stages in the period of ignorance: low stage, intermediate stage and advanced stage. Shennong represents the lower stage of barbarism; On the other hand, Nu Wa is an earlier creator. In mythology, she and Fuxi combined to create human beings. The people referred to in the Five Emperors Theory are mainly tribal chiefs or military leaders in the heyday of patriarchal clan alliance and the disintegration of military democracy.