The Five Mythical Emperors (Wudi) 五帝 name residence (reign time) Huang Di (Huangdi), the Yellow Emperor 黃帝, surname Xuanyuan 軒轅氏 Youxiong 有熊 (100 years) (Zhi 帝摯, surname Shaohao 少昊氏, called Qing 清) This person is not by all historians accepted as one of the mythical emperors. Xifang 西方 Zhuan Xu (Zhuanxu) 顓頊 , surname Gaoyang 高陽氏 Pu 濮 (78 years) Di Ku (Diku) 帝嚳, surname Gaoxin 高辛氏 Bo 亳 (63 years) Yao 帝堯, surname Tang 唐 or Taotang 陶唐氏, called Fangxun 放勛 Ji 冀 (100 years) Shun 帝舜, surname Yu 虞 or Youyu 有虞氏, called Chonghua 重華 Ji (50 years) Old Chinese sources often speak of the "Three Augusts" and "Five Emperors" (Sanhuang Wudi 三皇五帝), but scholars disagree who these persons are: The Three Augusts (Sanhuang 三皇) Fu Xi (Fuxi) 伏羲 Shen Nong (Shennong) 神農 Huang Di (Huangdi) 黃帝, Nü Wa (Nüwa) 女媧, Sui Ren (Suiren) 燧人, Zhu Rong (Zhurong) 祝融 or Gong Gong (Gonggong) 共工 The Five Emperors (Wudi 五帝), different versions Shao Hao (Shaohao) 少昊 or Huang Di, Gao Yang (Gaoyang) 高陽=Zhuan Xu (Zhuanxu) 顓頊, Gao Xin (Gaoxin) 高辛=Di Ku (Diku) 帝嚳, Yao 堯 and Shun 舜 Tai Hao (Taihao) 太昊, Yan Di (Yandi) 炎帝, Huang Di, Shao Hao and Zhuan Xu Mi Xi (Mixi) 宓戯 (or 宓戲)=Fu Xi, Shen Nong, Huang Di, Yao and Shun Huang Di, Shao Hao, Di Ku, Yao, Shun Zhuan Xu (Gaoyang) is said to be a grandson of the Yellow Emperor (his father being Chang Yi [Changyi] 昌意), Di Ku a great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor (his father being Jiao Ji [Jiaoji] 蟜極, his grand-father being Xuan Ao [Xuan'ao] 玄囂), Yao a son of Di Ku, and Shun a descendant of Zhuan Xu (his father being Gu Sou [Gusou] 瞽叟, his grandfather Jiao Niu [Jiaoniu] 蟜牛, his great-grandfather Juwang [Juwang] or Gou Wang [Gouwang] 句望, whose father was Jing Kang [Jingkang] 敬康, his father Qiong Chan [Qiongchan] 窮蟬, his father Zhuan Xu).

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