Ancient Chinese civilization arose three thousand years before the beginning of our era in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. In Chinese literature, it is referred to as a "river that breaks the heart."

The forefathers of the entire Chinese people and the founders of China are the five terrestrial emperors and the three celestial sages who have a superhuman appearance - a serpent's body and a human face. Three heavenly sages Fu Xi, Shen-nun and Huang-di (however, the last historians believe at the same time and one of the five emperors) created all the famous art and crafts in ancient China. Shen-nun was the first to plow the land of China, and Huang-di was the earliest ruler and founder of Chinese civilization.

Five terrestrial emperors - the already mentioned Huang-di, Zhuan Xue, Ku, Yao and Shun - taught "wild" people norms of civilization. They also established the rules of government and the ritual of sacrifice, which should be asked for the mercies of the gods, rivers and mountains, and also passed on to the people the rules of morality and the notion of proper, correct behavior

Grandson Zhuan Xu, Yu, known mainly for his activities to change the riverbed and save the country from the flood, is the founder of the dynasty - Xia. The capital of the rulers of Xia was in the bend of the Yellow River.

Jie, the last of the rulers of the Xia dynasty, was a despotic and cruel ruler whose rule caused people's indignation and hatred of the nobility. Thanks to this, Tang, a descendant of Huang-di, raised an uprising, overthrew Jie and founded the Shang dynasty. His heirs ruled by Ancient China until they were overthrown by a representative of the Zhou Dynasty, which was founded by Wu-wang, who defeated the last ruler of the Shang Dynasty, the cruel and extraordinarily powerful Chou Xin.

Wu-wang divided the empire into areas he divided between his relatives, thus creating a specific system of government.

After the death of Wu-wang, the rulers succeeded each other nine times, until finally the period came to be known as the "regency of Gun-He." From this moment, the real chronology begins.

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