Zhuanxu
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Zhuanxu is a legendary ancient Chinese emperor and cultural hero, traditionally regarded as one of the Five Emperors and an important ancestral figure in early Chinese myth and royal genealogies.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zhuanxu canonical | 2 |
| Emperor Ku (in some traditions) | 1 |
| 顓頊 | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Five Emperors
ⓘ
culture hero ⓘ legendary Chinese emperor ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Gao Yang
ⓘ
Gaoyang ⓘ
surface form:
Gaoyang Shi
|
| ancestorOf |
Shang dynasty royal line (traditional genealogy)
ⓘ
Xia dynasty royal line (traditional genealogy) ⓘ Yu the Great ⓘ Zhou dynasty royal line (traditional genealogy) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cosmic order
ⓘ
early Chinese royal genealogies ⓘ ritual reforms ⓘ state cults of ancient China ⓘ |
| civilization | Ancient China ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| descendantOf |
Huangdi
ⓘ
surface form:
Yellow Emperor
|
| domain |
cosmology
ⓘ
political authority ⓘ ritual authority ⓘ |
| era | mythical pre-dynastic period of China ⓘ |
| father | Changyi (in most traditions) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandsonOf |
Huangdi
ⓘ
surface form:
Yellow Emperor
|
| hasMythicStatus | semi-divine ruler ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Chinese ancestral worship practices
ⓘ
Chinese concepts of legitimate rulership ⓘ imperial ideology of later Chinese dynasties ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Five Emperors ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bamboo Annals
ⓘ
Book of Documents ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Documents (Shujing)
Classic of Mountains and Seas ⓘ Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ |
| mother | Changpu (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| nameInChinese |
Zhuanxu
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
顓頊
|
| nameInChineseSimplified | 颛顼 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
Chinese mythology ⓘ |
| position | Emperor of China (legendary) ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Emperor Zhuanxu’s predecessor: Emperor Ku or Emperor Gaoxin (in some traditions)
ⓘ
Huangdi ⓘ
surface form:
Yellow Emperor (in some traditions)
|
| roleInMyth |
culture hero who helped organize the world
ⓘ
establisher of ritual and music (in some accounts) ⓘ reformer of marriage and kinship rules ⓘ regulator of heaven–earth relations ⓘ |
| successor |
Emperor Di Ku (in some traditions)
ⓘ
Zhuanxu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Ku (in some traditions)
|
| veneratedAs |
ancestral deity
ⓘ
culture hero of ruling houses ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
顓頊