But people have been arguing about whether there really is a "Yellow Emperor" in history. Some scholars believe that the Yellow Emperor is the god of thunder and lightning in myths and legends, who later emerged as the Central Yellow Emperor. Legend has it that he has four faces, and he can take into account the four directions of east, west, south, and north at the same time, and he will be seen wherever things happen. Later, he defeated the four emperors of the East, West, South, and North (Taihao of the East, Emperor Yan of the South, Shaohao of the West, and Zhuanxu of the North) and established his own kingdom of God. After the armistice between Huangdi and Yandi, they formed a new tribe and became the ancestors of the Chinese nation. Therefore, the Chinese today call themselves "the descendants of Yan and Huang".
However, some people think that the Yellow Emperor is a real person in history, he should be the leader of a tribal alliance at the end of primitive society. "Historical Records·The Benji of Five Emperors" records: "The Huangdi, the son of Shaodian, surnamed Gongsun, and named Xuanyuan. Born to be a god, weak and able to speak, young and uniform, long and agile, mature and smart. At the time of Xuanyuan, Shennong The clan’s power declined, the princes invaded and attacked the people, and the Shennong’s Fu Nengzheng, so Xuanyuan was used to fighting, to conquer and not enjoy, the princes and Xian came to follow.” These records seem to show that the Huangdi is indeed a person. However, why the Yellow Emperor is called the "Yellow Emperor", and the evolution of yellow into a symbol of power and dignity, and even the emperors in the past admired yellow, the specific reasons are unknown.
In traditional Chinese myths and legends, we can see that there are many records about the Yellow Emperor. But because that period of history is too far away from us, it is impossible to verify these claims. However, the Yellow Emperor as the ancestor of the Chinese nation is beyond doubt.
