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Persons in Chinese History - Sui Ren 燧人

Sui Ren 燧人, also called Sui Huang 遂皇, is one of the mythical Three Augusts 三皇. His is called the inventor of the use of fire and helped the people getting rid of their constant diseases by eating raw food. For the benefits of this invention, he was made ruler by the humans. The book Shiyiji 拾遺記 reports of the country of Shenmi 申彌 or Suiming 燧明, where the fire-tree grows from which easily a ready-to-use fire can be made.

Sources:
Li Jianping 李劍平 (ed. 1998). Zhongguo shenhua renwu cidian 中國神話人物辭典, p. 703. Xi'an: Shaanxi renmin chubanshe.
Xiong Tieji 熊鐵基, Yang Youli 楊有禮 (ed. 1994). Zhongguo diwang zaixiang cidian 中國帝王宰相辭典, p. 2. Wuhan: Hubei jiaoyu chubanshe.

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