A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chu Jung

by Herbert A. Giles

455 Chu Jung 祝融. A legendary being, said by some to have been a Minister under Huang Ti; by others, to be identical with Ch'ung li, a descendant of Chuan Hsü; while a third account makes him contemporary with Fu Hsi. He is the God of Fire and rules over the south; hence he is sometimes called 南方君 and 南方赤帝. He is also known to the Taoists as 赤精成子 and is represented as an animal with a human face.