Zhuanxu 顓頊 | |
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![]() Emperor Zhuanxu. Rubbing of mural bas-relief from the Wu Liang shrines, Han dynasty. | |
Predecessor | Shaohao |
Successor | Ku |
Issue | Qiongchan |
Father | Changyi |
Mother | Changpu |
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Zhuanxu (simplified Chinese: 颛顼; traditional Chinese: 顓頊; pinyin: Zhuānxū), also known as Gaoyang (simplified Chinese: 高阳; traditional Chinese: 高陽; pinyin: Gāoyáng), was a mythological emperor of ancient China.
In the traditional account recorded by Sima Qian, Zhuanxu was a grandson of the Yellow Emperor.[1]