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...

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...

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

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...

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...

) 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

descended from the mythical Yellow Emperor and his grandson and successor Zhuanxu. Zhuanxu's granddaughter Nüxiu (女脩) gave birth to Daye (大業) after swallowing...

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...

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...

cycle and political) Successor Heidi (Wuxing cycle, also political with Zhuanxu) Planet Venus Genealogy Children Taibai Jinxing Huayue Sanniang Huashan...

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...

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...

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...

record, the surname came to be when descendants of the antediluvian ruler Zhuanxu abbreviated the name of his city, Moyangcheng (莫陽城) and took it as their...

the same day Chen Ping became Left Imperial Chancellor. In the modified Zhuanxu calendar used in this era, the first year of Emperor Wen's reign began...

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...

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

present-day Shandong Zhuanxu: grandson of the Huang Emperor. Emperor Ku: great-grandson of the Huang Emperor and nephew of Zhuanxu. Yao: son of Ku; Yao's...