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| Bai Di 白帝 | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Di Zhi 帝摯 |
| Bi Gan 比干 | uncle of King Zhou 紂 of the Shang |
| Black Emperor | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Zhuan Xu 顓頊 |
| Bo Yi 伯益 (柏翳 etc.) | cultural hero of prehistoric China |
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| Can Cong 蠶叢 | mythological inventor of sericulture and first ruler of Shu |
| Can Nü 蠶女 | mythological girl related with the invention of silkworm breeding |
| Cang Di 蒼帝 | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Fu Xi 伏羲 |
| Cang Jie 倉頡 | mythological inventor of the Chinese script |
| Chang E 嫦娥 | Goddess of the moon |
| Cheng Tang 成湯 | see Tang 湯 |
| Chi Di 赤帝 | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Yan Di 炎帝 |
| Chi You 蚩尤 | mythological inventor of war, opponent of the Yellow Emperor |
| Chong 重 or Zhong | son of the mythological Emperor Zhuan Xu |
| Chong Li 重黎 or Chong (Zhong) and Li | one or two mythological persons, relatives and ministers of Emperor Zhuan Xu |
| Cowherd | see Niulang 牛郎 |
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| Da Ji 妲己 | consort of King Zhou 紂 of the Shang |
| Da Chao 大巢 | see You Chao 有巢 |
| Da Yu 大禹 | see Yu the Great |
| Di Jun 帝俊 | cultural hero and mythological emperor |
| Di Ku 帝嚳 | one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Di Xin 帝辛 | see King Zhou 紂 |
| Di Zhi 帝摯 | one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Du Kang 杜康 | the God of Wine |
| Du Yu 杜宇 | mythological king of Shu |
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| Fu Hao 婦好 | consort of King Wu Ding 武丁 of the Shang |
| Fu Xi 伏羲 | mythological creator of the universe, one of the Three Augusts |
| Fu Yue 傅說 | minister of King Wu Ding 武丁 of the Shang |
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| Gao Tao 皋陶 | see Gao Yao 皋陶 |
| Gao Xin 高辛 | see Di Ku 帝嚳 |
| Gao Yang 高陽 | see Zhuan Xu 顓頊 |
| Gao Yao 皋陶 | minister of the mythological Emperor Shun |
| Gong Gong 共工 | mythological person taming the floods |
| Gou Mang 句芒 | assistant deity of Emperor Fu Xi |
| Green Emperor | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Fu Xi 伏羲 |
| Gun 鯀 | mythological father of Yu the Great |
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| He Bo 河伯 | the God of the Yellow River |
| Hei Di 黑帝 | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Zhuan Xu 顓頊 |
| Hou Ji 后稷 | the Lord of Millet, ancestor of the Zhou |
| Hou Tu 后土 | God(dess) of the Earth |
| Hou Yi 后羿 | famous mythological archer saving the world |
| Huan Dou 驩兜 | mythological water hero |
| Huang Di 黃帝 | see Yellow Emperor |
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| Jade Emperor | see Yuhuang 玉皇 |
| Ji 稷 | see Hou Ji 后稷 |
| Jizi 箕子 | minister of King Zhou 紂 of the Shang |
| Jie 桀 | last ruler of the Xia |
| Jun 俊 | see Di Jun 帝俊 |
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| Lei Zu 嫘祖 | mythological inventor of silk spinning |
| Li 黎 | son of the mythological Emperor Zhuan Xu |
| Ling Lun 伶倫 | mythological inventor of musical temperation |
| Lord of Millet | see Hou Ji 后稷 |
| Luo Shen 洛神 | Goddess of the River Luo |
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| Mi Xi 宓戲, see Fu Xi 伏羲 | one of the mythological Three Augusts |
| Mo Xi 末喜 | consort of King Jie 桀 of the Xia |
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| Niulang 牛郎 | the Cowherd, husband of the Weavermaid (Zhinü 織女) |
| Nü Wa 女媧 | mythological creatress of the universe, one of the Three Augusts |
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| Pan Geng 盤庚 | ruler of the Shang |
| Pan Gu 盤古 | mythological creator of the world |
| Pao Xi 庖犧, see Fu Xi 伏羲 | one of the mythological Three Augusts |
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| Qing Di 青帝 | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Fu Xi 伏羲 |
| Queen Mother of the West | see Xi Wang Mu 西王母 |
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| Red Emperor | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Yan Di 炎帝 |
| Ru Shou 蓐收 | assistant deity of Emperor Di Zhi |
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| Shang wang Zhou 商王紂 | see Zhou 紂 |
| Shao Dian 少典 | father of the Yellow Emperor and the Red Emperor |
| Shao Hao 少昊 | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Di Zhi 帝摯 |
| Shao Hao 少皞 | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Di Zhi 帝摯 |
| Shun 舜 | one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Shen Nong 神農 | mythological inventor of pharmacology and agriculture, one of the Three Augusts, see also Yan Di 炎帝 |
| Shun 舜 | one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Sunü 素女 | mythological person, inventor of the small zither |
| Sui Ren 燧人 | one of the mythological Three Augusts, inventor of fire |
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| Tai Hao 太昊 | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Fu Xi 伏羲 |
| Tai Hao 太皞 | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Fu Xi 伏羲 |
| Tang 唐 | see Yao 堯 |
| Tang the Perfect 成湯 | founder of the Shang |
| Tao Tang 陶唐 | see Yao 堯 |
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| Wang Di 望帝 | see Du Yu 杜宇 |
| Weavermaid | see Zhinü 織女 |
| Weizi 微子 | minister of the last king of the Shang |
| White Emperor | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Di Zhi 帝摯 |
| Wu Ding 武丁 | first historical ruler of the Shang |
| Wushan, Fairy of Mount 巫山神女 | local deity figuring in various poems and stories |
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| Xi He 羲和 | Goddess of the sun |
| Xie 契 | ancestor of the Shang |
| Xuan Di 玄帝 | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Zhuan Xu 顓頊 |
| Xuan Ming 玄冥 | assistant deity of Emperor Zhuan Xu |
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| Yan Di 炎帝 | mythological emperor |
| Yao 堯 | one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Yellow Emperor 黃帝 | one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Yi 羿 | see Hou Yi 后羿 |
| Yi 益 | see Bo Yi 伯益 |
| Yi Yin 伊尹 | minister (Shang) |
| You Chao 有巢 (Da Chao 大巢) | mythological inventor of houses |
| Yu 虞 | see Shun 舜 |
| Yu the Great 大禹 | mythological founder of the Xia |
| Yunü 玉女 | Jade Girl, daughter of the Jade Emperor; Celestial servant |
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| Zhao Gongming 趙公明 | god of money and of pestilence |
| Zhi 摯 | see Di Zhi 帝摯 (one of the mythological Five Emperors) |
| Zhinü 織女 | the Weavermaid, consort of the Cowherd (Niulang 牛郎) |
| Zhong 重 or Chong | son of the mythological Emperor Zhuan Xu |
| Zhong Hui 仲虺 | minister (Shang) |
| Zhong Kui 鍾馗 | legendary person fighting against demons |
| Zhong Li 重黎 or Zhong (Chong) and Li | one or two mythological persons, relatives of Emperor Zhuan Xu |
| Zhou 紂 | King Zhou, last ruler of the Shang |
| Zhu Rong 祝融 | one of the mythological Three Augusts |
| Zhuan Xu 顓頊 | one of the mythological Five Emperors |