3 Huangdi

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The Yellow Emperor went east, all the way to the sea, he climbed the Mountain Wanshan and also the Mountain Daizong. And to the west, he went far to the Mountain Kongtong, and climbed the Peak Jitou, the Chicken Head. As far as to the south, he went to the Yangtze River and climbed the Mountains Xiong and Xiang. And in the north, he chased away the northern barbaric tribe Hunyu, and had a princes gathering at the Mountain Fusan, and also built a city on the plains by the foothills of the Mountain Zhuolu. He migrated from here to there, ever without any permanent residence, and the division soldiers were used as camp guards. The official positions were all named after the clouds, Yun, so there were Yun divisions. He set up great supervisors, the Dajians, one left and one right, to supervise all states. All states were in harmony. And many gods and goddess, of mountains and rivers among many other things, had been enshrined in the ceremony named Fengchan, the worships of heaven and earth. The tripod Baoding was obtained and the calendar was made according to the sun. Fenghou, Limu, Changxian, and Dahong were made as governors of the people. He systematically sorted all things out, the records of heaven and earth, the divination of dark and bright, the theory of life and death, and the survival difficulties of the beings. According to the season, the crops were sown. Birds, beasts, insects, and moths were domesticated. And the good name of the Emperor was wide spreading, among the sun, the moon, the stars, the water, the earth, the stone, the gold, and the jade. He kept working hard, heart, body, ears, and eyes. And he kept staying thrifty, with water, fire, materials, and all other things. He had showed the auspicious virtue of the earth, so he was called Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor.

东至于海，登丸山，及岱宗。西至于空桐，登鸡头。南至于江，登熊、湘。北逐荤粥，合符釜山，而邑于涿鹿之阿。迁徙往来无常处，以师兵为营卫。官名皆以云命，为云师。置左右大监，监于万国。万国和，而鬼神山川封禅与为多焉。获宝鼎，迎日推筴。举风后、力牧、常先、大鸿以治民。顺天地之纪，幽明之占，死生之说，存亡之难。时播百谷草木，淳化鸟兽虫蛾，旁罗日月星辰水波土石金玉，劳勤心力耳目，节用水火材物。有土德之瑞，故号黄帝。