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A mythical example of these figures gave the title “Answer to the Clouds” to the world’s first piece of music. Another of these figures executed a subordinate on Feather Mountain over the failure of a dam made with magic self-expanding soil. A third (10[1])of these figures was conceived by a lightning bolt from the Big Dipper and is credited with teaching the use of bows, carts, and wooden houses. That example of these figures employed a four-eyed official who made the sky rain millet after inventing writing. Kù, Zhuānxū (“j’wan-shoo”), Yáo, and Shùn (10[1])are four of a set of “five” of these figures (-5[1])numbered in The Records of the Grand Historian. For 10 points, much of Chinese culture is credited to a “Yellow” example (10[3]-5[1])of (10[1])what (-5[1])leaders, the first real example of whom was Shǐ Huángdì? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: emperors of China [accept Huángdì or Wǔ until “Huángdì” is read; accept Five Emperors; accept August Thearchs; accept sovereigns of China or Three Sovereigns or Sān Huáng; prompt on kings of China or rulers of China; prompt on demigods] (Depending on source, the Yellow Emperor is either numbered among the Five Emperors or Three Sovereigns.)
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