Huangdi 黄帝

The Human Civilization Ancestor of Chinese Nation

Overview

Chinese Name: 黄帝

English Name: Huangdi, Yellow Emperor, Yellow Thearch

Other Names: 轩辕XuanYuan, 有熊YouXiong, 帝鸿DiHong

Born：the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month, 2717 BCE

Died: 2599 BCE

Achievements: The Human Civilization Ancestor of Chinese Nation中华民族人文始祖

Main Works: Huangdi Neijing黄帝内经

Brief Biography of Huangdi

Huangdi is the ancestor of the Chinese nation and the legendary holy king in ancient times. the leader of the Chinese tribal alliance, the co-owner of the Chinese nation in ancient China, and the first of the five emperors in the historical records.

Chinese emperors in previous dynasties mostly set up temples and tombs for the Huangdi to obtain symbolic legitimacy of rule. They are important symbols of Chinese culture and are known as the ancestors of the Chinese nation.

The Huangdi appeared in the memory of Chinese literature. The more reliable time was about the Warring States period. The Yellow Emperor was widely mentioned in the “pre-Qin documents” written from the Warring States period to the early Han Dynasty。

By the time Sima Qian(司马迁) wrote the Shiji(史记)s, the Huangdi had become the common ancestor of Xia夏, Shang商, and Zhou周 dynasties.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there was a trend of respecting the Huangdi in China. Under the impact of western nationalism, intellectuals in the late Qing Dynasty tried to construct their national identity, so they chose the mythical figure Huangdi and emphasized that he was the “Primitive Ancestor” of the Chinese Nation.

The Achievements of Huangdi

Sima Qian described the contribution of the Huangdi in the “Historical Records of The Five Emperors”(史记: 五帝本纪), including three main aspects: politics, economy and religion.

Politically, the Huangdi completed the “Reunification” and made important contributions to the consolidation of “Reunification”;

Economically, the Huangdi attached importance to the development of planting agriculture and livestock breeding, and made important achievements in promoting the development of agricultural science and technology;

Religiously, the Huangdi has prominent characteristics of witches. He is an ancient emperor integrating religious theocracy and political power.

Huangdi Proficient in Medicine

After being enlightened by Guang Chengzi, the Huangdi built temples and monasteries on Kongtong Mountain（崆洞山） to understand the natural cycle and the growth law of all things. He often sat down with ministers such as Qi Bo, who was proficient in medical skills, Lei Gong, who was proficient in traditional Chinese medicine processing, explained pathology, taught the people to cure all diseases with the “Art of Qi Huang”, and finally achieved a book“Huangdi Neijing（黄帝内经）”

Battle of Zhuolu between Huangdi, Yandi, Chiyou

About 4600 years ago, the Huangdi tribe united with the Yandi(炎帝) tribe to fight a big war with Chiyou(蚩尤). The purpose of the “Big War” is for both sides to compete for the Central Plains suitable for grazing and shallow farming. The battle of Zhuolu had a great impact on the transformation of ancient Chinese from ancient times to civilized times.

The battle of Zhuolu has brought China into a new historical period, especially for the modern Han nationality. The Han nationality accounts for 94% of the national population and about 1 / 5 of the world population.

After the Zhuolu War, hundreds and thousands of miles around were awed by the majesty of the Huangdi, and all clans were obedient and did not dare to launch a war easily, which made the Central Plains and its four directions tend to be stable. Therefore, the region of each clan’s activities is relatively fixed. The relatively fixed activity area makes the clan members gradually turn from hunting to farming, which makes the productivity develop unprecedentedly.

The LEGENDARY First EMPEROR of China The YELLOW EMPEROR