HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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Green
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Yellow
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Blue
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Red
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Detailed explanation-1: -From an ancient territory called Huang. Perhaps the most famous and revered of the ancient Chinese emperors is Huang Di (2697–2595 BC), considered the father of all Chinese people. He is also known as ‘the Yellow Emperor’, since Huang also means ‘yellow’.
Detailed explanation-2: -The character huang ("yellow") was often used in place of the homophonous huang , which means “august” (in the sense of ‘distinguished’) or “radiant", giving Huangdi attributes close to those of Shangdi, the Shang supreme god.
Detailed explanation-3: -[Huang] Meaning: yellow, to fall through.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Chinese conception of yellow (, huáng) is inclusive of many shades considered tan or brown in English and the primary association is with the earth rather than the sun. The Chinese saying Yellow generates Yin and Yang implies that yellow is the center of everything.
Detailed explanation-5: -Borrowed from Mandarin (Huáng), from Chinese for yellow.