 The characters "Huang" (皇 huáng "august (ruler)") and "Di" (帝 dì "divine ruler") had been used separately and never consecutively (see Three August Ones and Five Emperors).The character was reserved for mythological rulers until the first emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huang), who created a new title "Huangdi" (皇帝 in pinyin