Legend has it that why not the son of the Yellow Emperor ascended the throne but the grandson of the Emperor Zhuan Xu?

Concession system-virtuous and talented people live there. China produced the system of China leaders in the era of the ancient Five Emperors. The era of the Five Emperors is the so-called era of "ruling the world", and a system of "imitating the father's death and succeeding the son, and the brother's final harmony" is implemented to produce national leaders, which is a non-lineal or quasi-lineal system of succession to the throne.

Starting from the Yellow Emperor, the throne was basically not passed on to the eldest son. The surname of Huangdi Ji, Zen is located, and the surname is Yan; Shao Hao Zen is located in Zhuan Xu, with Ji's adopted son; Zhuan Xu's first biography is located in the eldest son (called "Confucian Emperor"); Your emperor died young; The throne was inherited by Zhuan Xu's son; Di Ku is located in the ground; Emperor Zhichan is located in Yao, and his surname is; Emperor Yao Zen is located in the surname of Yao and Shun; Shun Di is located in Yu, and his surname is Yu.

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Legend has it that after the Yellow Emperor, he met three famous leaders, Yao, Shun and Yu, in the tribal alliance in the Yellow River basin. There are many stories about their abdication in ancient books.

Yao, the word, the son of the Yellow Emperor, the fifth grandson, lives in West Pingyang (now Linfen County, Shanxi Province). Yao became the leader of the tribal alliance, lived in a thatched cottage like everyone else, ate brown rice, cooked wild vegetables to make soup, wore a coarse coat in summer and only added a piece of deerskin to keep out the cold in winter. His clothes and shoes will never be replaced before they are worn out. The people supported him as much as they loved their parents.

Yao has been in office for seventy years and is already old. His son Dani is very rough and troublesome. Someone recommended to inherit the throne, but Yao disagreed. Later, Yao convened a tribal alliance meeting to discuss the choice of successors.

Everyone recommended Yu Shun, saying that he was an able person with both ability and political integrity. Yao was so happy that he married his two daughters and both of them to Shun. It took him three years to abdicate.

Shun, whose name is Yu, is said to be the seventh grandson of Zhuan Xu, who was born not far from Huangdi IX (present-day Shandong). After Shun ascended the throne, he cultivated fields, fished and made pottery himself, which was deeply loved by everyone. Through the tribal alliance meeting, he made eight yuan manage land, eight kai discipline, contract civil affairs, benefit mountains and rivers, sacrifice Boyi and punish Hao Tao, thus perfecting the social management system.

He also followed Yao's example and held a succession meeting for democratic discussion. Everyone chose to be the heir. Shun was in poor health in his later years, and he still visited all parts of the south, and even died on the way to Cangwu (now Hunan). After Shun's death, Yu became the leader of the tribal alliance.

The historical legend of Yao Shun's abdication reflects the democratic system in ancient China.

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