中英雙語話歷史 第3期:三皇五帝

Much information about the patriarchal commune is documented in Chinese literature, like the Records of the Grand Historian and the Bamboo Annals.

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《史記》、《竹書紀年》等中國古文獻中記載了許多有關父系氏族社會的情況。

At the early stage of it, some excellent chieftains appeared. Among them, the most distinguished ones are Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

在早期父系氏族社會中，出現了一些傑出的部落聯盟領袖，其中最著名 是“三皇五帝”。

Though countries had not come into being at that time, these rulers were regarded as semi-mythical sage-kings and moral exemplars.

雖然當時國家還沒有出現,他們並非帝王，但在中國文化傳統中，他們被視爲聖賢明君。

Tradition considers one of them, Huang Di, as the ancestor of the Chinese people.

其中的黃帝被視爲中華民族的祖先。