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Who were the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in ancient China?

Three Emperors: "Historical Records: The Chronicles of the First Emperor of Qin" says that the Emperor of Heaven, the Emperor of Earth, and the Emperor of Tai are the Three Emperors

"The Great Biography of Shangshu" and "White Tiger Tongyi" etc. It is advocated that the three emperors should be Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong.

Weid books such as "Yun Dou Shu" and "Yuan Ming Bao" not only identify Fuxi and Shennong, but also add Nuwa as the creator of mankind.

The "Emperor Century" lists Fuxi, Shennong, and Huangdi as the three emperors, and the "Tongjian Waiji" lists Fuxi, Shennong, and Jianggong as the three emperors.

Five Emperors: "Shiben", "Da Dai Ji", and "Historical Records·Five Emperors" list Huangdi, Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku, Tang Yao, and Yu Shun as the five emperors;

《 The Book of Rites·Yue Ling lists Taihao (Fuxi), Yandi (Shennong), Huangdi, Shaohao, and Zhuanxu as the five emperors;

The Preface to Shangshu and the Century of Emperors regard Shaowu (Hao), Zhuan Xu, Gao Xin (Emperor Ku), Tang Yao, and Yu Shun are the Five Emperors.

The "Five Emperors" in "Chu Ci·Xishong" annotated by Wang Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty are the five gods, namely Dongfang Taihao, Emperor Yan of the South, Shaohao of the West, Zhuanxu of the North, and Yellow Emperor of the Central Government.

The "Five Emperors" mentioned in "Zhou Li Tianguan" written by Jia Gongyan of the Tang Dynasty are the "Five Emperors" who are admired by the Qing Emperor of the East and the Red Emperor of the South. , the Central Yellow Emperor Hanjun, the Western White Emperor Bai Zhaorei, and the Northern Black Emperor Juice Xianji.