Heavenly Sovereign

The Heavenly Sovereign (Chinese: 天皇; pinyin: Tiānhuáng) was the first legendary Chinese king[1] after Pangu's era.

According to Yiwen Leiju, he was the first of the Three Sovereigns.

The book Lushi from the Song Dynasty records that his family name was Wang (望, meaning "to observe" or "day or night of the full moon"), his given name Huo (獲, meaning "to hunt or catch"), and his courtesy name Zirun (子潤, run means "wet" or "wealthy", so "prosperous descendants").

[2] According to the "Basic Annals of the Three Sovereigns" (三皇本紀) in Sima Zhen's supplement to the Records of the Grand Historian:[3] His successor was the Earthly Sovereign.

According to the Yiwen Leiju,