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Bamboo Annals

It begins at the earliest legendary times (the Yellow Emperor) and extends to 299 BC, with the later centuries focussing on the history of the State of Wei in the Warring States period.

Records of the Grand Historian

#12 volumes of Benji (本紀), "Basic Annals" or "Imperial Biographies", contain the biographies of all prominent rulers from the Yellow Emperor to Qin Shi Huang and the kings of Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties.

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For example, in the first chapter, "Annals of the Five Emperors," he writes, "I have read the Spring and Autumn Annals and the Guoyu." In his 13th chapter, "Genealogical Table of the Three Ages," Sima Qian writes, "I have read all the genealogies of the kings (dieji 谍记) that exist since the time of the Yellow Emperor."

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The elders and old men of these various lands frequently pointed out to me the places where the Yellow Emperor, Yao, and Shun had lived, and in these places the manners and customs seemed quite different.

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The Grand Historian used The Annals of the Five Emperors (五帝系諜) and the Classic of History as source materials to make genealogies from the time of the Yellow Emperor until that of the Gonghe regency (841-2 BC).

Regulus

It is known in Chinese as 轩辕十四, the Fourteenth Star of Xuanyuan, the Yellow Emperor.

Zhuolu Town

Modern Zhuolu may or may not have been the location of what is claimed to be a city founded by the legendary Yellow Emperor, Huáng dì 黄帝, although there is evidence to support this case.

Baixing

After many years of tribal wars, the Huangdi tribes, Yandi tribes and the Yi tribes formed an alliance which consisted of roughly 100 tribes, hence the origin of the Baixing (Chinese: 百姓), or the "hundred surnames."

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Thousands of years ago, along the plain of the Yellow River, there lived several large tribes, including the Huangdi tribes (Chinese: 黄帝族), Yandi tribes (Chinese: 炎帝族), Yi tribes (Chinese: 夷族) and the Jiuli Tribes (Chinese: 九黎族).

Emperor Ku

Ku's lineage is derived from descent from the legendary Yellow Emperor, then through the line of Shaohao (as opposed to the line through Changyi, which led to to Zhuanxu).

Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor

In the main hall, called the "Great Hall of Man and Civilizations's First Ancestor" (人文初祖大殿), stands a relief sculpture of the Yellow Emperor, as well as a niche shrine decorated with the four great spirit animals of Chinese astrology: the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and the Black Tortoise.

Wuchang Uprising

Just one week after the start of the Wuchang uprising, Li Yuanhong (黎元洪) made a sacrifice to Heaven, Earth and the Yellow Emperor.

Zhuolu County

Among the historic, scenic, or tourist destination spots, there are several associated with Huang di (the Yellow Emperor) and his rival Chi You.

see also

Huang-Lao

However, with the exception of the medical Huangdi Neijing ("Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic"), all were believed destroyed or lost – until the recent Mawangdui discoveries.

Nguyen Van Nghi

Much of his life's work revolved around translating and adding his own commentary to an unmolested Tang Dynasty copy of the Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic) from an ancient script into the French language.

Zhuolu

Site of the Battle of Zhuolu, in the 26th century BC between the Yellow Emperor and Chi You