Zhuanxu

Zhuanxu (Chinese颛 顼/颛 顼, Pinyin Zhuanxu ), or also known as Gaoyang (Chinese高 阳/高 阳) is a legendary monarch of ancient China.

He is the grandson of Huangdi and is said to have ruled from 2490-2413 BC. He had to emigrate to the "Shi " Klan eastward to Shandong, where they allied themselves with the " Dongyi clan " and enlarged by weddings. At 20 he was the monarch and died after 78 years of rule.

He sat down with a calendar for a single, worked in astrology led religious reform against shamanism, upheld patriarchy, which replaced the previous matriarchy and forbade marriage within the clan.

Zhuanxu one of the five Urkaisern China.

• Chinese mythology
• The Chinese Calendar
• 25th century BC
• Urkaiser