The Three Emperors and Five Emperors are the collective names of historical mythical figures "Huang San" and "Five Emperors", with different opinions. Huang San usually refers to ancient Huang San (the emperor's, the monarch's and the emperor's), and some ancient books regard Suirenshi, Fuxi and Shennong as "Huang San". The original meaning of the Five Emperors refers to the five ancient gods, which are generally considered as Huangdi, Zhuan Xu, Di Ku, Yao and Shun.
In the ancient legends of the earliest ancient history system in China, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors were widely circulated, and the theory of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors was recorded in the history books as early as the Warring States Period.
The original meaning of "emperor" also includes "greatness" and "beauty", which are not nouns. At the end of the Warring States period, because the word "emperor" of God was used as the title of master, the word "emperor" was used to address God, such as the western emperor, the eastern emperor and God in Chu Ci. At that time, it was also called "Huang San" under the names of emperors, Huangdi and Tai Huang.
There are five kinds of statements about "Huang San" in world history in Han Dynasty:
1. The authors of Shangshu are Sui people, Fuxi and Shennong. "Han Liwen's Family" and "Preface to the Annals of the Spring and Autumn Annals" also said the same thing, focusing on Xiangren.
2. Fuxi, Nuwa and Shennong were the centers of Dou Yun in the Spring and Autumn Period.
3. The recorded ceremony names are Fuxi, Shennong and Zhu Rong. "The Book of Filial Piety" is the same as "The Book of Rites", but Zhu Rong comes last.
4. "White Tiger Pass" is said to be Fuxi, Shennong and Gonggong.
5. In the ancient history system listed in the Book of Songs at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Shao Hao Jintian was added between Huangdi and Zhuan Xu, which added an emperor besides the "Five Emperors" mentioned in the Warring States Period.