Editing Chinese mythology (section)

===Three Primeval Emperors, Five Premier Emperors, and Three Dynasties===
{{Further||Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors}}

The mythological history of people (or at least the Han Chinese people) begins with two groups, one of three and one of five. The numbers are symbolically significant, however, the actual membership of the two groups is not explicated. There are different lists. The older group is the Three Primeval Emperors, who were followed by the Five Premier Emperors.{{sfn||Wu|1982|pp=43–105}} After that came the Three Dynasties:{{sfn||Wu|1982|p=55}} these were the [[Xia dynasty]], [[Shang dynasty]], and the [[Zhou dynasty]]. These three are all historically attested to, but separating the myth from the history is not always clear; nevertheless, there is a lot of mythology around the Three Primeval Emperors, Five Premier Emperors, and Three Dynasties. An age of Three Primeval Emperors followed by the age of the Five Premier Emperors (''Sānhuáng-Wǔdì'') contrasts with the subsequent treatment of chronology by dynasties, up to recent times. Since the time the [[Qin Shi Huang|Qin emperor]] titled himself ''huangdi'' by combining two previous titles into one, ''huangdi'' was the title for Chinese emperors for ages.{{sfn||Wu|1982|p=102 note 3}}

====Three Primeval Emperors====

=====Title=====
The title of the Three Primeval Emperors is ''huang'', in Chinese. The original connotation of this title is unknown, and it is variously translated into English. Translations include "Sovereign", "Emperor", and "August".

=====Names=====
The names of the Three Primeval Emperors include Youchao ("Have Nest"), Suiren ("Fire Maker"), Paoxi/Fuxi ("Animal Domesticator"), and Shennong ("Divine Husbandman").{{sfn|Wu|1982|p=50}} Sometimes Huangdi is included.

====Five Premier Emperors====

=====Title=====
The title of the Five Premier Emperors is ''di'', in Chinese. The original connotation of this title is unknown, or how it compares or contrasts with the term ''huang'', and it is variously translated into English.  Translations include "Sovereign", "Emperor", and "Lord".

=====Names=====
Names of the Five Premier Emperors include Huangdi, Shaohao, Zhuanxu, Di Ku, Yao, and Shun.