Since Yandi and Huangdi played an important role in the tribal alliance period, the later generations were known as the descendants of them.

由于黄帝、炎帝在部落联盟时期的重要位置，其后人被称为“炎黄子孙”，他们也自称为“龙的传人”。

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The legendary Yellow Emperor, Yao, Shun is the representative of the late stage that has been transferred to patrilineal tribes and tribal alliance early national phase.

传说中的黄帝、尧、舜是该阶段后期的代表人物，表示已转入父系氏族部落和部落联盟的初期国家阶段。

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The emergence of the early states of China, thus, was due to the transformation of the chiefs of the tribal alliance into the "masters of the society" owing to the "independence" of their duties.

至于中国早期国家的产生，则是走的部落联盟酋长因其职务的“独立化”转变为“社会主人”这样一条路径。

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