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In the first annal of the Records of the Grand Historian, the opening few words of the first paragraph give the identity of the Yellow Emperor. Sima Qian, author of the records, gave considerable weight to the historicity of the emperor. For example, the Three Sovereigns has Fu Xi, Nüwa, and Yan emperor/Shennong, but he carefully chose to begin with the Yellow Emperor. He refrained from beginning the records with any of the other legendary figures of claimed greater antiquity.

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  • In the first annal of the Records of the Grand Historian, the opening few words of the first paragraph give the identity of the Yellow Emperor. Sima Qian, author of the records, gave considerable weight to the historicity of the emperor. For example, the Three Sovereigns has Fu Xi, Nüwa, and Yan emperor/Shennong, but he carefully chose to begin with the Yellow Emperor. He refrained from beginning the records with any of the other legendary figures of claimed greater antiquity.
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  • In the first annal of the Records of the Grand Historian, the opening few words of the first paragraph give the identity of the Yellow Emperor. Sima Qian, author of the records, gave considerable weight to the historicity of the emperor. For example, the Three Sovereigns has Fu Xi, Nüwa, and Yan emperor/Shennong, but he carefully chose to begin with the Yellow Emperor. He refrained from beginning the records with any of the other legendary figures of claimed greater antiquity. The Yellow Emperor's surname was Gōngsūn (公孙/公孫), while his first name was Xuānyuán (轩辕/軒轅). His full name was Gōngsūn Xuānyuán (公孫軒轅). He also used the assumed names of Xuānyuán-shi (轩辕氏/軒轅氏) and Youxiong-shi (有熊氏). Xuānyuán is said by some to be the name of a village. Youxiong was a name taken from his heredity. The color yellow was given to his name because of the Five elements, earth was associated with his ruling era at the time. Yellow is associated with earth. The correlation of the colors in association with different dynasties were mentioned in the Lüshi Chunqiu.
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