Zhuanxu (Chinese: trad. 顓頊, simp. 颛顼, pinyin Zhuānxū), also known as Gaoyang (t 高陽, s 高阳, p Gāoyáng), was a mythological emperor of ancient China. In the...

Emperors consist of some combination of the following: the Yellow Emperor, Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku, Emperor Yao, Emperor Shun, Shaohao, Taihao, and the Yan Emperor...

line of Shaohao (as opposed to the line through Changyi, which led to Zhuanxu). He was the son of Jiaoji (蟜極/蟜极), and thus grandson to Shaohao, and great-grandson...

xinchou day of the 10th month of the 1st year of his reign. Using the Zhuanxu calendar, the date corresponds to 14 Nov 250 BCE on the proleptic Julian...

son of Gaoyang (also known as Zhuanxu), a sky god. (Again, the more historicised versions of the mythology portray Zhuanxu as a historical person; in this...

with the latter the father of Zhuanxu. Zhuanxu's uncles and his father, the sons of Yellow Emperor, were bypassed and Zhuanxu was selected as heir. Fan Lizhu...

the bingwu day of the 5th month of the 4th year of his reign. Using the Zhuanxu calendar, the date corresponds to 6 Jul 247 BC on the proleptic Julian...

) was the second son of the legendary Yellow Emperor and the father of Zhuanxu. According to the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian, the Yellow...

to Sima Qian's Shiji (c. 90 BC), Yu's father was Gun, grandfather was Zhuanxu, great-grandfather was Changyi, and great-great-grandfather was the Yellow...

Qi are both described as being carried by two dragons, as are Huangdi, Zhuanxu, Yuqiang, and Roshou in various other texts. According to the Huainanzi...

nephew Zhuanxu, the son of his brother Changyi.[citation needed] However, the Shiji did not list an emperor between the Yellow Emperor and Zhuanxu. Shaohao...

the ancient six calendars were also developed: Huangdi, Yin, Zhou, Xia, Zhuanxu, and Lu. Modern historical knowledge and records are limited for the earlier...

were supposedly caused by the battle between the deities Gonggong and Zhuanxu (an event that was mentioned earlier in the Huainanzi), the five-colored...

the state of Chu. As recorded by Sima Qian, they claimed descent from Zhuanxu, a son of the Yellow Emperor in Chinese mythology, and Yuxiong (鬻熊), a...

Director for Metal; and Xiu and Xi the Xuanming, or Director for Water.[...] Zhuanxu had a son named Li, who was the Zhurong, or Director for Fire. Gonggong...

after his coronation, on the xinchou day of the same month. Using the Zhuanxu calendar, the dates correspond to 12 Nov and 14 Nov 250 BCE on the proleptic...

that Yu the Great, the founder of the Xia dynasty, was the grandson of Zhuanxu, who was the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. But there are also other records...

Xiaonanhai culture.[citation needed] Around 2000 BC, the legendary sage-kings Zhuanxu and Emperor Ku are said to have established their capitals in the area...

promoted the idea that the Cao family was descended from Huangdi via Emperor Zhuanxu. During the Tang dynasty, non-Han rulers also claimed descent from the...

during the reign of Zhuanxu, Gonggong competed with Zhuanxu for the "sovereignty" and a fight broke out. Gonggong tried to flood Zhuanxu by releasing water...

branch of the ancient ancestral name Ying (嬴) and descends from Emperor Zhuanxu, grandson of the mythical Yellow Emperor. During the reign of Emperor Yao...

of the Highest Deity" (五方上帝; Wǔfāng Shàngdì). He is also identified as Zhuānxū (颛顼), today frequently worshipped as Xuánwǔ (玄武; 'Dark Warrior') or Zhēnwǔ...

Lady Xiu 女脩 Predecessor Zhuanxu Successor Ye the Great Issue Ye the Great...

Long [zh], a son of Gonggong who was appointed as a god of the soil by Zhuanxu. Tudigongs developed from land worship. Before Chenghuangshen ("City Gods")...

Kuang, he was traditionally ascribed descent from the Yellow Emperor and Zhuanxu through his great-grandfather Yuxiong. Xiong Yi lived at the time of King...

name/surname Tunggiya Tong family originated from Lao Tong (老童), the son of Zhuanxu, one of mythical Five Emperors Xu Tong (胥童) of Eastern Zhou and the Spring...

of the Central Plains. By the end of Zhuanxu's reign, Jiaoji's son Gaoxin (高辛氏) (or Qūn (夋)) succeeded Zhuanxu under the regnal name of Ku. 司馬遷. 史記·五帝本紀...

Dragon" as the name of a music master for the legendary ruler Zhuanxu The Sovereign Zhuanxu was born at Ruo River and lived at Kongsang. Then he ascended...

inventor of the Chinese character 2597 BC Emperor Shaohao 2514 BC Emperor Zhuanxu 2436 BC Emperor Ku 2366 BC Emperor Zhi 2358 BC Emperor Yao Yao ordered...

(fire) Shennong (agriculture, tea, & medicine) Shujun (animal husbandry) Zhuanxu (sacrifice) Chiyou (metal weaponry & Chinese wrestling) Ling Lun & Kui...