wǔ​dì

Five Emperors from legendary times

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wǔ​dì

Five Emperors from legendary times; possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them; usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huáng​dì] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuān​Xū], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Dì​Kù], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Táng​Yáo], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yú​Shùn]

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