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Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors

Legendary rulers and culture heroes of prehistoric China, sometimes given regnal dates in the 3rd millennium BC
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Summary

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors is a group of humans[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of group of humans entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,597 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: mythological king[3], realm[4], triad[5], pentad[6]
  • Commons category: 3 Sovereigns and 5 Emperors[7]
  • Has part(s): Yao[8], Yellow Emperor[9], Zhuanxu[10], Emperor Ku[11], Shun[12]
  • Inception: 2852 BC[13]
  • End time: 2070 BC[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors[15]
  • Described by source: Records of the Grand Historian[16], Sanhuang Benji[17]
  • Replaced by: Xia dynasty[18]
  • Topic has template: Template:Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors footer[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

Why It Matters

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 120 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Zhuanxu

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → CAFF-EB53-E276-8D0A-74CF
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: CAFF-EB53-E276-8D0A-74CF, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/265669|batch #265669]]"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
    Topic has template → Template:Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors footer
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → Yao, Yellow Emperor, Zhuanxu +2
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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