[五帝, wǔ dìㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ] Five Emperors from legendary times; possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them; usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧, Yu Shun 虞舜, See Also: 黃帝, 黄帝, 顓頊, 颛顼, 帝嚳, 帝喾, 唐堯, 唐尧, 虞舜#62446
[张廷玉 / 張廷玉, Zhāng Tíng yùㄓㄤ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄩˋ] Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming dynasty 明史 and the Kangxi dictionary 康熙字典, See Also: 明史, 康熙字典#91296
[三皇五帝, sān huáng wǔ dìㄙㄢ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ] three sovereigns 三皇 and five emperors 五帝 of myth and legend; the earliest system of Chinese historiography, See Also: 三皇, 五帝#91298
[先王, xiān wángㄒㄧㄢ ㄨㄤˊ] former kings; former emperors; in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yáo 堯|尧, Shùn 舜, Yǔ 禹, Tāng 湯|汤 and the kings of Zhou, See Also: 堯, 尧, 舜, 禹, 湯, 汤