Third - century scholar Huangfu Mi commented that Xuanyuan was the name of a hill where Huangdi had lived and that he later took as a name .
Third - century scholar Huangfu Mi wrote a work on the sovereigns of antiquity .
Third - century scholar Huangfu Mi , who wrote a work on the sovereigns of antiquity , commented that Xuanyuan was the name of a hill where Huangdi had lived and that he later took as a name .