Timeline – Chronicles of Huaxia

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Before Heaven and Earth

Ancient

Volume I Before Heaven and Earth 45/45 Enter Volume →

PanguMythic deityA creator figure in Chinese mythology who separates heaven and earth and brings order to a primordial cosmos.

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Humanity Enters the World

The birth of humanity

Volume II Humanity Enters the World 45/45 Enter Volume →

NüwaMythic deityNüwa is remembered as a creator of humans, repairer of the sky and ancestral deity; these roles accumulated…

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SuirenMythic deitySuiren is the culture hero of drilled fire and cooked food; texts establish a tradition but not one…

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YouchaoMythic deityYouchao is the culture hero of timber nests and refuge, marking humanity’s move toward deliberately constructed dwelling.

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ZiyiLiterary characterZiyi is common in modern primordial-fantasy and online “Three Ancestors” accounts, but a stable early textual basis for…

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Legendary Ancestors

c. 27th–21st c. BCE

Volume III The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors 46/46 Enter Volume →

FuxiMythic deityFuxi is a culture hero of cosmic observation, trigrams and nets. In the Fuxi–Shennong–Yellow Emperor triad, he is…

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ShennongMythic deityShennong links tools, cultivation, markets and medicine. In the Fuxi–Shennong–Yellow Emperor triad, he is the Earthly Sovereign.

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Yellow EmperorMythic deityThe Yellow Emperor combines war leader, culture ancestor, authority of knowledge and common ancestor. The Fuxi–Shennong–Yellow Emperor triad…

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ShaohaoMythic deityIn the Shaohao–Zhuanxu–Ku–Yao–Shun sequence, Shaohao follows the Human Sovereign Yellow Emperor and stands first, linked with bird-named offices,…

ZhuanxuMythic deityIn the Shaohao–Zhuanxu–Ku–Yao–Shun sequence, Zhuanxu follows Shaohao and is linked with ritual separation, calendars and cosmic order.

Emperor KuMythic deityEmperor Ku is a key junction connecting Yao, Xie, Houji and several ancestral traditions.

YaoMythic deityYao is known for virtuous rule, calendrical order, flood deliberation and seeking the worthy.

ShunMythic deityShun is known for filial conduct, trials, regency and succession, making virtue and ability stronger than birth.

ChiyouMythic deityChiyou is a major leader in Yellow Emperor war traditions and was later reshaped as a master of…

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Xia, Shang & Zhou

c. 2070–256 BCE

Volume IV Floods and the Nine Provinces 45/45 Enter Volume → Volume V The Rise and Fall of Xia 45/45 Enter Volume →

GunMythic deityGun is the first flood controller in the Yao–Shun–Yu cycle and a central figure in myths of self-swelling…

Yu the GreatHistorical personYu connects flood control, the Nine Provinces, political succession and the beginning of Xia, making him one of…

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Lady TushanMythic deityLady Tushan is Yu’s consort and Qi’s mother, with multiple identities shaped by marriage, the waiting song and…

QiHistorical personQi is the son of Yu and Lady Tushan and the figure through whom received tradition begins father-to-son…

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GaoyaoHistorical personGaoyao is a wise minister and symbol of justice in Yao–Shun–Yu traditions and also appears in Yu’s succession…

BoyiHistorical personBoyi is a landscape manager, assistant in flood control and candidate for succession in Shun–Yu traditions, central to…

TaikangHistorical personTaikang is the Xia king after Qi, remembered through prolonged hunting, popular alienation and loss of the realm.

Hou Yi of QiongHistorical personHou Yi of Qiong is the archer-ruler in Xia loss-and-restoration tradition and must be distinguished from the sun-shooting…

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ShaokangHistorical personShaokang is the central figure of Xia restoration, whose success rests on exile, maternal kin, marriage alliance and…

Jie of XiaHistorical personJie is the final Xia ruler in transmitted king lists and a major archetype of tyranny, failed virtue…

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Cheng TangHistorical personCheng Tang is a Shang ancestor and dynastic founder, shaped by traditions of virtuous rule, Yi Yin, war…

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Han ZhuoHistorical personHan Zhuo is the ruler in Xia loss-and-restoration traditions who rises from service under Hou Yi of Qiong…

Yi YinHistorical personYi Yin is the central minister in Tang’s rise and the Xia–Shang transition, remembered as statesman, persuader, cook…