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Yandi
Legendary ruler in prehistoric China, later venerated as a fire god
- Child of Shaodian and Nüdeng
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Family
The family of Yandi
Parents, spouses and children as the records give them.
Documented family only. A teacher, a successor or a patron is never drawn in this tree.
The family as a list · 4
Family 4
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (mother) Nüdeng
- child of (father) Shaodian Chinese legend, tribal leader
- parent of (child) Linkui Legendary emperor of ancient China. The second generation of Shennong. Reigned for 60 years.
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sibling of Yellow Emperor Legendary Chinese ruler, one of the Five Emperors, later worshipped as a god
Connections
How Yandi connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 3
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- identified with Chidi Chinese deity, member of the Wufang Shangdi
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identified with Chiyou legendary ancient Chinese tribal leader of the 9 Li tribes (Jiuli) who fought or rebeled against the Yellow Emperor, sometimes credited with the development of metallurgy or metal weaponry -
identified with Shennong legendary Chinese culture hero and god
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
7 statements on this record
- 2 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 5 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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