there was a small period in ancient china where it uses non imperialism or democracy system.
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For a brief outline, I should re-mention them again. The "San Huang Wu Di 三皇五�" (3 Clan-rulers and 5 Emperors) are said to be the ancestors of Chinese people. Most of their stories have been passed down as legends
The 3 clan-rulers (3 Huang) are:
1. Suiren Clan (燧人�) [Fire clan] - said to have invented the technique of creating fire from flint stones
2. Fuxi Clan (�羲�) [Fisherman clan] - said to have invented the fish net for fishing.
3. Shennong Clan (神农�) [Farmers clan] - said to have invented agriculture and farming
The 3 clan-rulers was said to appear around 5000-2500 BC, during the neolithic period
At that time, it was still a matriarchy society (female ruled society).
By around 2500 BC, Chinese society turned towards a patriachy society which came the legendary myths of 5 Emperors.
The 5 emperor (5 Di) are:
1. Huangdi (黄�) [Yellow Emperor]
2. Zhuanxu (颛顼) (grand son of Yellow Emperor)
3. Diku (�喾) (great grandson of Yellow Emperor)
4. Yao (尧), or Tang Yao (�尧)
5. Shun (舜), or Yu Shun (虞舜)
After the 5 emperor's period, the next ruler came to be known as Yu (禹), who was the founder of Xia dynasty (2100 BC-1600 BC). The 5 emperors period existed a form of tribal-alliance system whereby the alliance chietain's position was passed on to the most capable person (known as the "Shanrang system 禅让制度"), instead of to his son or any family members. The famous story of "Yao-Shun's Shanrang" (尧舜禅让) speaks precisely of this.
Yu, on the other hand, was famous for his action taken to help stop the flood of the Yellow River. According to legend, his father Gun (鲧) was summoned by Yao to solve the problem of flood from Yellow River. Gun attempted to build dykes to stop flood, but the higher the dykes was built, the water level rose and overflowed. Gun was unsuccessful in solving this problem and was dismissed for this. Yao summoned Yu to solve this problem. Yu studied this and visited many places. He finally realised that the only solution to solve this was to divert the flow of the river to the lower region (delta) of yellow river. He noticed a mountain between the boundary of Shanxi and Shaanxi province which blocked the flow, and thus built a hole for the river to pass through to the lower region which continued till the ocean. For this, he spent some 13 years and was successful. For this, he was later made the chieftain of the tribal-alliance.
After Yu died, his position was passed on to his son Qi (å�¯), and the system changed from "Shanrang" to "Shixi 世è¢" system, whereby the ruler's position is passed on to the next family member (notably the ruler's son) after he died. Thus, began the existence of dynasty (a time period ruled by a family with the same surname).
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