Gongsun Xuanyuan

Gongsun Xuanyuan (公孫軒轅), better known as Huangdi (黃帝) or the Yellow Emperor,The popular translation of Huangdi as the Yellow Emperor is inaccurate. Huáng (黃) means 'yellow' while dì (帝) was the title held by the of the Chinese people, who from Sima Qian's account were more akin to ancient tribal chiefs. Dì (帝) also meant 'deity', being used to refer to the (上帝) of the and other . Qin Shi Huangdi later combined the two legendary divine titles huáng (皇)—homophonic to but distinct from huáng (黃; 'yellow')—and dì (帝) together to form the new title huángdì, i.e. Emperor. After this, dì (帝) became a short-hand for huangdi ('emperor'), so Gongsun Xuanyuan's popular name Huangdi is retrospectively translated as the Yellow Emperor, but his position was not the same as the later role of the Chinese emperors. was the legendary progenitor of the people. The Han historian Sima Qian credited him as the earliest attestable leader of China, beginning his Record of the Grand Historian with a biography of his life as a tribal chief.Assassin's Creed: Revelations. (2007). "Literature". In The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 206–226
By the third century BCE, the Yellow Emperor had practically attained the mythical status of a god in the people's memory. Tales of his exploits included his beheading of a divinity named Xingtian in battle. According to the legend, Xingtian revived himself and transformed his nipples into eyes to continue his challenge, but the Yellow Emperor paid him no more heed, forcing him to forever roam the battleground in insatiable rage.Assassin's Creed: Jade – Youxia Handbook: Great Foes
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Revelations 
*Assassin's Creed: Jade 
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