fire-emperor

Updated: May 26, 2025

Thus he came to be called Huo Ti, the 'Fire-emperor. He taught his subjects the use of fire for smelting metals and making implements and weapons, and the use of oil in lamps, etc. All the divisions of his official hierarchy were connected in some way with this element; thus, there were the Ministers of Fire generally, the officers of Fire of the North, South, etc.

E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner - Myths and Legends of China