# Huang Ti — Tao Te Ching character guide

> Huang Ti in Tao Te Ching by Laozi.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Huang

**First appearance:** 0005-tao-te-ching

## Who they are

Legendary Yellow Emperor, associated with early Taoist mythology.

## Relationships

### [Laozi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tao_te_ching_se/characters/laozi)

_psychological_

Huang Ti (the Yellow Emperor) is mythologically linked to Laozi as a primordial sage, often used to lend ancient authority to Daoist ideas.

## In the story

### [Was Taoism Older Than Laozi?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tao_te_ching_se/chapters/was-taoism-older-than-laozi)

Mentioned as a seeker of the Tao, sometimes condemned for disturbing the 'State of Perfect Unity'.

### [What Is the Meaning of the Name Tao? And the Chief Points of the Belief in Taoism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tao_te_ching_se/chapters/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-name-tao-and-the-chief-points-of-the-belief-in-taoism)

Mentioned in a story about his instructor Kuang Chʽêng-tzŭ, illustrating the mystical transmission of Taoist knowledge.

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