“炎黄子孙”是国内外华人引以为荣的自我称谓。这个词的真正出现与广泛使用是在清朝末年,但其雏形“黄炎之后”、“黄帝子孙”等早在战国秦汉时期就有了,这些都是“炎黄子孙”称谓在不同时代、不同语境下的不同表现形态。春秋战国时期诸侯争霸,诸子争鸣,“世俗之人多尊古而贱 “Yan Huang descendants” is proud of the Chinese at home and abroad self-title. The real appearance and widespread use of this term was in the late Qing Dynasty, but its prototypes such as “Huangyan” and “Yellow Emperor” had existed in the Qin and Han dynasties in the Warring States period. These are the titles of “Yan and Huang” in different times and in different languages Under the different manifestations of the environment. During the Spring and Autumn Period Warlords hegemony, philosophers contend, "secular people respect ancient and cheap