Three emperors and Five Emperors have two meanings: 1. It refers to historical figures. Three emperors, refers to the emperor: Fuxi, emperor: Shennong, emperor: Xuanyuan. Five emperors, goldie: ZhuanXu, wood emperor, emperor emperor ku, water emperor, yao, fire emperor: shun, soil emperor: yu. The three emperors and the Five emperors were not real emperors, but tribal leaders or tribal alliance leaders who made outstanding contributions to human beings in the middle and later stages of primitive society. Later generations respected them as "emperors" or "emperors". The people worshipped them as gods and preached their great deeds with all kinds of beautiful myths and legends. 2. Refers to historical periods. That is, "three emperors and Five emperors era", also known as "ancient times", "ancient times" or "myth age". It can also be referred to as "Three Emperors and Five Emperors". The three Emperors and the Five Emperors led the people to create the ancient Chinese civilization. Modern archaeology has found a large number of Longshan cultural sites corresponding to this period, which proves the existence of the Three emperors and the Five Emperors period

According to the Historical Records of Qin Shihuang Benji, the emperor, the emperor of the earth and the Emperor of Thailand are the three emperors, and the emperor of Thailand is the most expensive. So, who is the king? "Taiping Imperial View" volume 78 quoting "Spring and Autumn Wei" put forward another view that the emperor, the emperor of the earth, and the emperor of the people are the three emperors, it seems that the emperor of Tai is the emperor of the people. "Shang Shu Da Zhuan" and "White Tiger Tong Yi", etc., also advocated that the three emperors should be Sui Ren, Fuxi, Shennong, and "Yun Dou Shu", "Yuan life Bract" and other weft books, in addition to the recognition of Fuxi, Shennong, to supplement the creation of human Nuwa.  From this point of view, Fuxi and Shennong occupied two seats of the three emperors. Who does the three emperors and the Five emperors refer to? There are many sayings about the three emperors, which are impossible to determine.

"Records of the Historian · Qin Shihuang Benji" : "Emperor, emperor, emperor of Tai" "Records of the Historian · Supplement Three Emperor Benji" cited "River Map", "Three five Calendar" : "Emperor, emperor of the earth, emperor of the people. The Emperor, the Emperor of the Earth, and the Emperor of the people are quoted from the Spring and Autumn Wei."   In the first part of "Customs Tongyi · Huangba", the author quotes "Spring and Autumn Wei-Yun Dou Shu" : "Fuxi, Nuwa, Shennong." "The Century of Kings" : "Fuxi, Shennong, Huang Di."  Number three emperor, reside in the last world. 

Popularized by the influence of the Age of Kings, Fuxi, Shennong, and the Yellow Emperor became the three oldest Chinese emperors closest to the legendary Yellow Emperor dynasty. In addition, in the Weft book of the Han Dynasty, the three emperors were called the emperor, the emperor of the earth and the emperor of the people, which were the three heavenly gods. Later, in Taoism, the three emperors were divided into three groups: the first three emperors had human shapes; The three Kings are human face snake body or dragon body; After the three emperors after the emperor's head snake body, namely Fuxi, after the emperor's head snake body, namely Nuwa, after the emperor's head cow body, namely Shennong.

As for the five ancient emperors, there are different opinions. "Who this", "big wear rites", "shi-ji sovereigns and biographic sketches of the yellow emperor, ZhuanXu, emperor emperor ku, rhodium, yu shun for existence; The "Li Ji · Yue Ling" ether Hao (Fuxi), Yan Emperor (Shennong), Yellow Emperor, Shao Hao, Zhuanxu as the five emperors; The preface to history, "imperial century" looks less exposure , ZhuanXu, digoxin (emperor emperor ku, rhodium, yu shun for sovereigns. In addition, there is a myth that the five heavenly gods are called five emperors.  However, Tang Jia Gongyan's "Zhou Li · Tian Guan" was an example of "Five Emperors", which was an example of "Lingwei Yang" in the East, "Chedi" in the South, "Yellow Emperor" in the central, "White Emperor" in the West, and "Black Emperor" in the North.

Qin had four emperors (White Emperor, Qing Emperor, Yellow Emperor, Yan Emperor) worship, plus the Black emperor for five emperors. According to the description of the twelve disciplines of Lv Buwei, the five emperors were the gods in charge of the four quarters, the four hours and the five elements. Yellow Emperor in the middle, with soil de; So Hao live in the east, with wood, the main spring, also known as the spring emperor; Yan Emperor in the south, with fire De, master summer, also known as Yan Emperor; Less Hobart in the west, with Jinde, the main autumn, also known as the White emperor; Zhuanxu in the north, with water De, master winter, also known as the Black emperor. (Lv's Spring and Autumn · Zhao Class) Who do the Three Emperors and Five Emperors refer to? For the five emperors, it is generally adopted "The History of the Great Historian · Five Emperors Benji".

The yellow emperor, ZhuanXu, emperor emperor ku, yao and shun (" big wear rites ");

Tai Hao, Emperor Yan, Emperor Huang, Shao Hao, Zhuanxu (The Spring and Autumn Annals of Lv Shi);

The yellow emperor, less exposure, ZhuanXu, emperor emperor ku, yao (" History As A Mirror outside ji ");

Less exposure, ZhuanXu, emperor emperor ku, yao and shun (pseudo sequence ministers); It is respected by the status of its scriptures, and later historical records have been used to say this. So the theory of three emperors and five emperors was regarded as the ancient history of letters;

Yellow Emperor (Xuanyuan), Qing Emperor (Fuxi), Red Emperor also called Yan Emperor (Shennong), White Emperor (Shaohao), Black Emperor (Zhuanxu) (five gods).

The statement of three emperors and five emperors should be a summary of the ancient imperial dynasties, rather than a full reference, it is the respect and remembrance of the ancestors of Chinese civilization. Since most of the ancient documents are lost, the Three Emperors and Five emperors belong to the category of myths and legends, but from the universality of legends and the description in Records of the Historian, the authenticity of the Three emperors and Five emperors should exist exactly. The meaning of the Three emperors and the Five EMPERORS has different views, which cannot be completely understood. It should be different categories of different people, and there is no exact meaning.

The three emperors were the three emperors in the early stage of Chinese civilization. In the early stage of Chinese civilization, there were Pangu, Chao, Huinren, Fuxi, Shennong and Xuanyuan. Others, such as Nuwa, who was also included in the list of the three emperors, should be the branches of the above six dynasties. Among them, the Sui Ren family, Fuxi family and Shennong family, due to their great significance and influence in ancient civilization, have an indispensable position, should be more reasonable. They are also the beginning of a dynasty, representing the early, middle and late Chinese ancient civilization respectively. The time span of the Three Emperors is relatively large, with an estimated history of several thousand years. After the three emperors in each era, there were many emperors. The first emperor and the last emperor of the Shennong Dynasty were Yan emperors.

The five emperors were the five emperors of the Xuanyuan era. Xuanyuan Huangdi replaced Shennong and ushered in a new era of Huangdi dynasty. One of the Five emperors refers to the five emperors of the Xuanyuan period. Since the Yellow Emperor was the ruler of Xuanyuan's dynasty and had a great status in the Chinese nation, his achievements were far above the other five emperors, so it is more reasonable not to be included in the list of five emperors. According to the Records of the Historian and other historical books, there were far more than five emperors in Xuanyuan's period. The legend is beyond reproachable, so the theory of the five emperors is also different, but each person's value orientation is different.