The descendants of the Yellow Emperor, also known as the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, are the self-proclaimed Chinese nation. "Mandarin Zhou Yuxia" says: "The emperor is good, but the world is the only one, and he is given the surname' Yu' and' Ranger', which means that he can share wealth with Jia Zhi. Four Yue countries, named, gave their surnames' Jiang' and' Youlu', saying that they could become friends with Yu and improve people's things. ..... Although there is decline in summer, the gas and fat are still there; Although Shen and Lu are failing, Qi and Xu are still there. Only Jia Gong, who is worshipped by his surname, will be lost at the end of the world. Therefore, his surname is death, and he is depressed; Without a master after death, I will be transferred to another country. Don't you have any affection for the dead? All yellow, after inflammation. " That is to say, after the gun, the people of Yu and Xia, as well as the workers of * * *, the countries of April and Jiang, "are all yellow people, and they are all inflamed." The descendants of China in the pre-Qin period included Xia, Shang, Ji and Jiang, that is, a country that inherited Chinese civilization and took Yi, Zi, Yuan, Ji and Jiang as surnames. [1] For example, the Zhou royal family and countries with the surname of Lu, Jin, Zheng, Wei, Han, Wei, Yan, Yu and Guo; Countries such as Qi, Shen, Lu and Xu all have Jiang surnames. Xu, Huang, Tan, Jiang, Zhao, Qin and so on. Won the surname Guo, son surnamed Song. The combination of Yan and Huang began. "Historical Records of Zen" contains: "Qin Linggong was appointed as the Emperor in Wuyang; Become a monk and sacrifice to Emperor Yan. " Legend has it that Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang are regarded as the ancestors of the Chinese nation. "Mandarin Today" contains: "In the past, the marriage was especially high when you were young, and you gave birth to the Yellow Emperor and Yan Di. The Yellow Emperor took Jishui (now Qishui River in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province) as his country, and Emperor Yan took Jiang Shui (now Qingjiang River in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province) as his country. Merits are different, so the Yellow Emperor is discipline, not ginger. The two emperors used teachers to help each other, and the principle of virtue and difference was also. " This is the earliest historical data that we can see to record the birthplace of Emperor Yan and Huangdi. Therefore, they are two tribal leaders with similar blood relationship, which originated from the Weihe River Basin in central Shaanxi. Later, the two tribes launched the battle of Hanquan, and Huangdi defeated Yandi. The two tribes gradually merged into Huaxia nationality, which was called Han nationality after Han and Tang Dynasties. Yan Di and the Yellow Emperor are also the ancestors of China's culture and technology. It is said that they and their courtiers and descendants created almost all the important inventions in ancient times. Later, several legendary ancient emperors were regarded as the direct descendants of the Yellow Emperor until the Xia, Shang and Zhou emperors, and even barbarians and barbarians were included in this system. Later emperors also claimed that they were descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Almost all surnames can be traced back to Yandi, Huangdi or their courtiers. Ethnic minorities who have accepted Chinese culture (such as Xiongnu and Xianbei). ) also claimed to be descendants of the Chinese people, descendants of the Chinese people. Yelvyan, the minister of Liao Dynasty, called Qidan after the Yellow Emperor in A Record of the Imperial Dynasty. The History of Liao Dynasty, Ji Zan of Taizu, and Preface to the World Declare that Qidan is behind Emperor Yan. In recent years, the descendants of the Khitan discovered in Yunnan have preserved a genealogy of "Shi Dian Chang Luo Fu", which was revised in the Ming Dynasty. There is a seven-character poem in front of it, saying, "Emperor Yan, the ancestor of the Liao Dynasty ...". These Khitans also believe that the Khitans are Miao people in Yan Di. In the late Qing Dynasty, this concept spread more widely with the construction of nationalism in China. In the late Qing Dynasty, the early revolutionaries who rebelled against the Manchu rule won the support of the Han people with the slogan "descendants of the Chinese people, descendants of the Chinese people", while the radical revolutionaries believed that "descendants of the Chinese people are the only Han people". Moderate reformists believe that "our country is all descendants of the Yellow Emperor". Faced with the invasion and occupation by western powers, people of insight, including ethnic minorities, called for breaking national boundaries and uniting China under the banner of "descendants of the Chinese people". In the face of the crisis of national subjugation and species extinction caused by foreign aggression, the concept of "descendants of the Chinese people, descendants of the Chinese people" has become a symbol of China people's national cohesion with ancestor worship as its basic culture. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the title of "descendants of the Yellow Emperor" was stereotyped as a reference symbol of the Chinese nation's war of resistance against the enemy, and became a banner that called on and inspired Chinese at home and abroad to join in the war of resistance. During the Republic of China, "all China people are descendants of the Chinese people" and all China people are descendants of the Chinese people.
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"Yanhuang" refers to the leaders of two different tribes in primitive society of China. Jiang is the leader of the clan. They entered the Central Plains from the west nomadic, and had a long-term inter-tribal conflict with the Jiuli nationality headed by Chiyou. Finally, he was forced to flee to Zhuolu (now Hebei Province). With the help of Huangdi clan, Chiyou was attacked and killed. Huangdi's surname is Ji and his name is Xuanyuan. Later, in Hanquan (according to legend, Hanquan was in Huailai County, Hebei Province), there were three conflicts between Yan and Huang. The Huangdi clan defeated the Yan Di clan and entered the Central Plains from the northwest. The Yellow Emperor and the Hehe gradually merged with the Yi people living in the east, the Li people living in the south and some Miao people to form the Chinese nation in the Spring and Autumn Period, which was called the Han nationality after the Han Dynasty. Among the nationalities and tribes in the Central Plains at that time, the Huangdi clan was stronger and had a higher culture, so the Huangdi clan became the representative of the Central Plains culture. Emperor Yanhuang became the ancestor of the Han nationality. Also known as the ancestor of the Chinese nation. Therefore, people often refer to the Chinese nation as "descendants of the Chinese people" or "descendants of the Chinese people". Chinese descendants have become synonymous with the Chinese nation.