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五帝
 
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wǔ dì
  • Five Emperors from legendary times
  • possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them
  • usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黄帝 and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 颛顼, Di Ku 帝喾, Tang Yao 唐尧, Yu Shun 虞舜

五帝 wǔ dì

五帝
1 我国上古传说中的五位圣王。因出自传说,故说法不尽相同,较主要者为:(1) 黄帝、颛顼、帝喾、尧、舜。《史记.卷一.五帝本纪》南朝宋.裴骃.集解:「太史公依世本、大戴礼,以黄帝、颛顼、帝喾、唐尧、虞舜为五帝。」(2) 少昊、颛顼、帝喾、尧、舜。
2 东西南北中五方位的天神。指太昊、炎帝、少昊、颛顼、黄帝。《周礼.春官.小宗伯》:「兆五帝于四郊。」汉.郑玄.注:「五帝:苍曰灵威仰,太昊食焉,赤曰赤熛怒,炎帝食焉,黄曰含枢纽,黄帝食焉,白曰白招拒,少昊食焉,黑曰汁光纪,颛顼食焉。」《楚辞.屈原.九章.惜诵》:「令五帝以析中兮,戒六神与向服。」汉.王逸.注:「五 帝谓五方神也,东方为太白皞,南方为炎帝,西方为少昊,北方为颛顼,中央为黄帝。」

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