flint person"), also known as Suihuang (Chinese: 燧皇, Suìhuáng, lit.

He is credited as a culture hero who introduced humans to the production of fire and its use for cooking.

"Solar Sui") , usually bronze mirrors used to start fire by reflecting the sun).

Those crediting him with the introduction of drilling wood for fire include three Confucian works (Bai Hu Tong, Zhong Lun, and Fengsu Tongyi), the legalist book by Han Feizi, and the historical textbook Gu San Fen (古三墳).

He is also mentioned more generally in the Zhuangzi or Chuang-tzu, in two of the Confucian “Outer Chapters” (Xunzi and Qianfu Lun), a legalist book (Guanzi), and an early etymological dictionary Shuowen Jiezi.