"Flame Emperor" redirects here. For the Fire Emblem character, see Flame Emperor (Fire Emblem).
Yan Emperor of Ancient China
炎帝
Details
First monarch
Shennong
Last monarch
Yuwang
Formation
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
Abolition
Battle of Banquan
Yan Emperor
The first Yan Emperor Shennong tastes herbs to discover their qualities
Chinese
炎帝
Literal meaning
Flame Emperor
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yándì
Wade–Giles
Yen-ti
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Yim4 Dai3
The Yan Emperor (Chinese: 炎帝; pinyin: Yán Dì) or the Flame Emperor was a legendary ancient Chinese ruler in pre-dynastic times. Modern scholarship has identified the Sheep's Head Mountains (Yángtóu Shān) just north of Baoji in Shaanxi Province as his homeland and territory.[1]
A long debate has existed over whether or not the Yan Emperor was the same person as the legendary Shennong. An academic conference held in China in 2004 achieved general consensus that the Yan Emperor and Shennong were the same person.[2] Another possibility is that the term "flame emperor" was a title, held by dynastic succession of tribal lords, with Shennong being known as Yandi perhaps posthumously. Accordingly, the term "flame emperors" would be generally more correct. The succession of these flame emperors, from Shennong, the first Yan Emperor, until the time of the last Yan Emperor's defeat by the Yellow Emperor, may have been some 500 years.[3]
^He Wandan 贺晚旦 and Yang Hongbao 杨红保, in Wang & Meng (2005, pp. 3–4).
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