In ancient China, there is a legend that the three emperors of ancient times and the five emperors of ancient times are collectively called the three emperors and five emperors. Qin Shihuang once used the "emperor" of the three emperors and the "emperor" of the five emperors to constitute the title of emperor in order to express his extremely lofty status. However, there are different opinions about the Three Emperors and Five Emperors in history.

The first argument is that the three emperors refer to the emperor, the land emperor, and the emperor of Thailand. This view considers that the emperor of Thailand is the most expensive. Another argument suggests that the three emperors refer to the emperor, the land emperor, and the human emperor.

The ancients believed that the three emperors should be Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong, or Suiren, Fuxi, and Nuwa. In addition, Fuxi, Shennong, and Huangdi are the three emperors in "Emperor Century", and Fuxi, Shennong, and Gonggong are the three emperors in "Tongjian Waiji". It can be seen that Fuxi and Shennong occupy the two seats of the Three Emperors, and all theories are basically the same, while the third place is quite different.

As for the five emperors, there are also differences. There is a saying that the five people are Huangdi, Zhuanxu, Di Yu, Tang Yao, and Yu Shun. Later, some people thought that the "five emperors" referred to Fuxi, Shennong, Huangdi, Yao, and Shun. In addition, Yandi, Gaoxin and others are also listed as five emperors. Five emperors mainly refer to legends

Outstanding tribal leader in the primitive society.

Most people think that Suiren, Fuxi, and Shennong are the "three emperors", and Huangdi, Zhuanxu, Diyu, Yaodi, and Shun are called the "five emperors", which roughly originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.