Zhurong

According to the Huainanzi and the philosophical texts of Mozi and his followers, Zhurong is a god of fire and of the south.

In Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, Zhurong is portrayed as a historical person, who held the governmental office of Minister of Fire.

[5] (Again, the more historicised versions of the mythology portray Zhuanxu as a historical person; in this case an "Emperor of China").

David Hawkes makes a connection between the characters in Zhurong's name and the culture and ceramic technology in ancient China.

[9] This raises suspicions that Haineijing(海內經)'s record was distorted in the Han dynasty for Chinese political purposes.