Three Augusts & Five Emperors Predynastic Rulers of China

The Three Augusts & Five Emperors are the mythical rulers of ancient China that supposedly ruled before the first Chinese dynasty, the Xia dynasty. They are also the moral exemplars of Confucianism. These figures have also been incorporated into Korea, Vietnamese and Hmong myth and history.

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0:00 Introduction
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2:58 Three Augusts
4:12 Yellow Emperor
6:10 Yellow Emperor's Family Tree
7:15 Yao, Shun and Yu the Great
10:20 Historical Skepticism
12:01 Shared Myth

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