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The Yellow Emperor (黄帝 Huáng Dě) is a Chinese mythical character, a culture hero said in
legend to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. The legend of his victory against
the southern leader Chi You at the Battle of Zhuolu is seen as the
establishment of the Han Chinese nationality.
Among his other accomplishments, Huáng Dě has been credited with the invention of the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The basic text on
Traditional Chinese Medicine is the
Neijing Suwen (The Medical Canon) of the Yellow Emperor. According to tradition this foundational classic text was
composed by the Emperor in collaboration with his minister Ch'i Pai, during his reign from 2696-2598 B.C. However, modern
historiographers generally consider it to have been compiled from ancient sources by a scholar living between the Chou and Han
dynasties, more than 2000 years later.
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