sān​huáng​wǔ​dì

historiography system

三皇五帝 sān​huáng​wǔ​dì
historiography system
The earliest period or conceptual framework in Chinese historiography, representing the dawn of Chinese civilization.
legendary rulers
The Three Sovereigns (三皇 sān​huáng) and Five Emperors (五帝 wǔ​dì) of early Chinese myth and legend, revered as ancestral figures.

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