The "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" have always been regarded as the humanistic ancestors of the Chinese nation, but in the end who are the specific people, there are many opinions, there is no conclusion, there are at least a dozen kinds of statements that have been circulated so far, each with its own reasoning, today I will choose one of the most widely circulated ones, and give everyone a reason for their lineage relationship.
In the "Great Biography of Shangshu", the "Three Emperors" of Fu ren, Fu Xi, and Shennong are also regarded as the "Three Emperors", and this theory is also held in various ancient books and classics, which is the most widely circulated folk saying.
The Fu Ren clan, the wise man who invented drilling wood for fire, taught people to eat cooked food, completely distinguished it from other animals and animals, and created the Chinese civilization, and was revered as the "Emperor".
Fu Xi was the son of the Fu Ren clan, with a human head and a snake body, taught people to fish and hunt, created gossip, and was honored by later generations as the "Emperor of the Earth".
Shennong is a descendant of Fuxi, but Fuxi is not his father, some people say that Shennong is Fuxi's grandson, he in order to cure the disease and save people, personally tasted hundreds of herbs, and finally poisoned to death, later generations called him "human emperor".
There are also many theories about the "Five Emperors", the most widely circulated are the Yellow Emperor, The Emperor, the Emperor, the Yao, and the Shun, and there is no Yu.
Regarding the lineage of the "Five Emperors", we must start with Fuxi.
Fuxi in the legend is, is the human head snake body, he also has a sister Nuwa, also the human head snake body, brother and sister combined to give birth to offspring, their son is called Shaodian. Therefore, there is also a saying that Shaodian is listed as the "Three Emperors" together with Fuxi and Shennong, of which Shaodian is the emperor.
Shao Dian married two wives, the eldest concubine was called Nu Deng, and the second concubine was called Fu Bao. The female Dengmi Shenlong gave birth to Emperor Yan, taking the surname of Jiang Wei, and Fu Bao was pregnant for twenty-five months and gave birth to the Yellow Emperor, taking Ji as her surname.
When the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor grew up, they became the leaders of their respective tribes. At this time, a tribe named "Jiuli" attacked Emperor Yan under the leadership of its leader Xuan You, who could not defeat him and fled to the territory of the Yellow Emperor's tribe.
The Yellow Emperor wanted emperor Yan to submit to himself, but emperor Yan was unwilling, so the two tribes fought three battles, and as a result, emperor Yan was defeated, so he had to submit and form the Yanhuang tribe.
Xuanyu continued to attack, but was defeated by the Yellow Emperor, and not only was the Jiuli tribe destroyed, but Xuanyu himself was also killed.
In this way, the prestige of the Yellow Emperor was greatly enhanced, and other tribes expressed their submission and jointly elected the Yellow Emperor as the "Son of Heaven", that is, the meaning of "leading big brother", which was not synonymous with the emperor in the later feudal dynasty.
In this way, the Yellow Emperor became the first of the "Five Emperors" in China.
The Yellow Emperor married four wives and had a total of twenty-five sons, of whom he and his ancestor Who invented silkworm farming had two sons, the eldest son was Shao Hao, and the younger son was Changyi. After the Yellow Emperor returned to heaven, he was run by his eldest son Shao Hao, and under Shao Hao's governance, there was a prosperous and upward scene everywhere.
In his later years, Shao Hao felt overwhelmed, so he invited Himon to help take care of the government. He was Changyi's son, Shao Hao's nephew.
After Shao Hao's death, he defeated the gonggong who were vying for the throne and became the "Son of Heaven" and the "Gaoyang Clan".
In this way, The Emperor became the second of the "Five Emperors" of China.
During his reign, he also chose one of his nephews as his assistants, this person was named Gao Xin, who was Shao Hao's grandson. After the death of Emperor Huan, Ji Jun, who was 30 years old at the time, succeeded to the throne and became the new "Son of Heaven", that is, Emperor Zhao.
Emperor Zhao was very aware of what was going on, obedient to the will of the people, and was deeply loved by the people, and it is said that he lived for 100 years.
In this way, The Emperor became the third of the "Five Emperors" of China.
After Emperor Zhao's death, his eldest son Emperor Zhi succeeded to the throne, but Emperor Zhi ruled for nine years and found that he was not good at managing the country, so he took the initiative to give way to his younger brother Yao. Yao was also the son of Emperor Zhao.
After Yao received Zen, he united his relatives and friends, conquered siyi, and unified the Chinese tribes, which was regarded by Sima Qian as the "most ideal monarch".
In this way, Yao became the fourth of the "Five Emperors" of China.
Since Yao's position as the Son of Heaven was obtained by Zen and his virtues were also very high, he decided to choose the most talented person to succeed him, and finally after a series of examinations, he chose Shun.
Shun is also a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, he is the branch of the Yellow Emperor, the specific relationship is: Yellow Emperor - Changyi - Huan - Poor Cicada - Jing kang - Juwang - Bridge Cow - Shu Shu - Shun...
The inheritance of another son of the Yellow Emperor, Shao Hao, is: Yellow Emperor - Shao Hao - Toad Pole - Emperor Zhao - Yao - Dan Zhu ... It is unknown after that.
However, it can be seen from this that Yao's generation is much higher than Shun's, and the difference between the two is four generations, and from the lineage point of view, Shun is Yao's grandchild.
However, when it came to Yao and Shun, the blood relationship was already very weak, and it was a bit reluctant to say that the two were related. After passing Shun's test, Yao married his daughter to Shun and zen him.
In this way, Shun became the fifth of the "Five Emperors" of China.
To sum up, the relationship between the Yellow Emperor, Emperor Huan, Emperor Zhao, Yao, and Shun in the "Five Emperors" is very simple, they are a family.
As for Dayu after Shun, it is not an outsider, the lineage relationship is: Yellow Emperor - Changyi - Huan - Luo Ming - Cang - Yu ...
Counting up, Yu's generation is three generations higher than Shun's, but unlike Yao, Shun and Yu are both descendants of this branch of Shun, and the relationship is relatively close.
The above is only a statement of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, which is the most popular and the easiest to understand. As for the other claims, it is nothing more than changing the people in order, such as adding Shaohao in the Five Emperors, adding Nuwa in the Three Emperors, and so on, the difference is not very big.