Talk:Yellow Emperor

I'll update this page later, but I think we should add some extra notes. The Yellow Emperor of the Temeraire books is without a doubt a draconic version of a historical figure (like Lung Li Po). The Yellow Emperor was not the founder of the Han Dynasty, but the ancestor of the Han ethnic group itself (presumably a translation error on Sir Edward Howe's part). Unless Naomi Novik has specifically moved him ahead in time, I think we could add that his DOB is c.2697 BC. We could also speculate on his draconic name (The Yellow Emperor's name was Huang-di, although his personal name was Gōngsūn Xuānyuán. Maybe he was Lung Tien Huang-di?). Almaron 04:55, 19 August 2010 (PDT)

Maybe NN (or Sir Edward) confused the Yellow Emperor Huang-di (黃帝, literally "Yellow Emperor") with Shi Huangdi (始皇帝, literally "first sovereign emperor")? Di is the title for "Emperor", and would not normally be part of a name as such. In either case, this raises the interesting question of whether the yellow coloration was merely folkloric, or whether Celestials (and Imperials?) have gradually shifted/restricted their colors over time. --Wombat1138 10:15, 19 August 2010 (PDT)