A depiction of Shaohao from the album Portraits of Famous Men dated c. 1900, housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Predecessor
Yellow Emperor
Successor
Zhuanxu
Issue
Jiaoji
Father
Yellow Emperor
Mother
Leizu
Shaohao (Chinese: 少皞; pinyin: Shàohào; lit. 'Lesser brightness'[a]), also known as Jin Tian (金天), was a legendary Chinese sovereign, usually identified as a son of the Yellow Emperor. According to some traditions, such as that within the Book of Documents, Shaohao is one of the Five Emperors.[citation needed] His place in the mythical lineage of the Yellow Emperor has been subject to controversy. Members of the 19th–20th century Doubting Antiquity School of historians posited that Shaohao was added to the orthodox succession legend by Liu Xin as part of a politically motivated campaign revising ancient texts c. 1 AD.[citation needed]
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