Why is Huangdi Tude?

From Records of the Five Emperors: "(Xuanyuan) has the virtue of earth, so it is called the Yellow Emperor." Sima Zhen Suoyin: "When Emperor Yan was on fire, the Yellow Emperor replaced it with earth."

Virtue is one of the five virtues. Five virtues are the concept of virtue in China's ethics in the pre-Qin period. Yin and Yang scholars, Confucianists and militarists have different explanations. Yin and Yang refer to the virtues of earth, wood, gold, fire and water. In the late Warring States period, Zou Yan, the main representative of the Yin and Yang School, put forward the theory that five virtues were the beginning, and explained dynasty alternation and institutional changes with the concept of five elements' cyclic change. This statement was highly praised by Qin Shihuang and inherited by Dong Zhongshu of the Western Han Dynasty.

Tude's detailed explanation:

1, one of the five virtues. In ancient times, the fate of the dynasty was attached to the five elements, and it was said that those who said soil had soil virtue.

2. the advantages of the earth.

3. Use merit after being proclaimed emperor.

Extended data:

Biography of the Five Emperors is a classical Chinese article written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty, which is included in Historical Records. It is the first article in Historical Records, which records the deeds of the leaders of five tribal alliances —— Huangdi, Zhuan Xu (zhān xū), Yao and Shun, who were revered as emperors by later generations in ancient legends.

At the same time, it also recorded the frequent wars between tribes at that time, and the leaders of tribal alliances implemented the abdication system. At the beginning of ancient times, people fought wild animals, controlled floods, reclaimed fertile fields, planted beautiful valleys, observed astronomy, calculated calendars, and composed music and dance.

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