Yellow Emperor
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Yellow Emperor
Huangdi , or the Yellow Emperor, is a
legendary
Chinese sovereign
and
cultural hero
who is considered in
Chinese mythology
to be the ancestor of all
Han Chinese
. One of the legendary Five Emperors, it was written in the
Shiji
by
historian
Sima Qian
(
145 BC
-
90 BC
) that the Yellow Emperor reigned from
2697 BC
to
2598 BC
. He emerged as a chief
deity
of
Taoism
during the
Han Dynasty
(
202 BC
-
220 AD
). The legend of his victory in the war against Emperor
Chi-You
at the
Battle of Zhuolu
is seen as the establishment of the
Han Chinese
nationality
.
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