What's the difference between Yan Di and the Yellow Emperor?

1, Yan Di and Huangdi are two different people.

Yandi is the honorific title of the tribal leader named Jiang in ancient China, and he was named Shennong. Huangdi (leader of ancient tribal alliance in China, Lord of ancient Chinese nation in China, named Xuanyuan).

2. Their achievements are different.

Emperor Yan's achievements: planting crops and grain laid the foundation of agriculture and industry; Establish the market and open the market for the first time; Use hemp as cloth, and people wear clothes; Making banjo to entertain people; Cutting wood for bows dominates the world; Make pottery to improve life.

Huangdi's achievements: unifying Chinese tribes and conquering Dongyi and Jiuli nationalities. During his reign, he planted hundreds of crops and plants, vigorously developed production, and began to make clothes, build ships and cars, make music and create medicine.

3. Different identities.

The Yellow Emperor once defeated Yan Di. He was the Lord and king of the world. Emperor Yan was a courtier and helped the emperor govern the country.

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The relationship between Emperor Yan and the Emperor;

It is said that the Huangdi and Yan Di nationalities first lived in Shaanxi. The Huangdi family finally settled near Zhuolu, Hebei. Emperor Yan finally arrived in the present Shandong area. Chiyou is the leader of Jiuli nationality. The areas where Jiuli people live are mainly in Shandong, Henan and Anhui today.

According to legend, Yan Di and Jiuli fought for a fertile land in the Yellow River basin. The Yan Di clan was defeated and turned to the Huangdi clan for help. Huang heyan merged.

According to the above myths and legends, we can see that the three tribes of Huangdi, Yan Di and Jiuli were gradually ruled by Huangdi and merged with each other, and Huangdi became the same ancestor of our multi-ethnic country. Later, all ethnic groups thought they were descendants of the Chinese people and were called "descendants of the Chinese people".

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Huangdi

Baidu Encyclopedia-Yan Di