1. Genealogy
    Character genealogy  Mythical ancestry 

2. See also

3. Notes

4. References

5. External links

Zhurong was said to be the son of Gaoyang (also known as Zhuanxu), a sky god.^[5] (Again, the more historicised versions of the mythology portray Zhuanxu as a historical person; in this case an "Emperor of China"). Gaoyang also had a son, Gun, who fathered Yu the Great. The imperial clan of the Qin Dynasty also claimed descent through Gaoyang (though not Zhurong). Zhurong was also claimed to be an ancestor to the eight lineages of the royal families of the Chu state.

Genealogy

Character genealogy

One aspect of the traditional Chinese characters used in the case of Zhurong's name is that the character 融 is composed by combining the character 鬲 (lì) which refers to a ritual cauldron or tripodal vessel with three hollow legs, which is well known from archeological reports as a characteristic Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age feature encountered in archaeological sites in northern China.^[6] This character is combined with another character, 虫; which, in the case of certain other complex characters is used productively to represent words with meanings related to worms, snakes, or insects. David Hawkes makes a case for the use of the lì radical in Zhurong's name as being significant in terms of culture and ceramic technology in relationship to the Chuci material.

Mythical ancestry

The Shanhaijing represents Zhurong as the son of a father whose name translates as "Play-with-Pots", who in turn is represented as the son of a father whose name translates as "Skillful Pot" (and is described as having a square top upon his head). In "General Introduction" to the Chuci anthology, Hawkes uses these observations to bolster his speculation of a significant relationship between the archeological evidence regarding ceramic technology and the cultural background of the Chuci material.^[7]

See also

• Chinese ritual bronzes
• Xirang

Notes

References

• Hawkes, David, translator and introduction (2011 [1985]). Qu Yuan et al., The Songs of the South: An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets. London: Penguin Books. {{ISBN|978-0-14-044375-2}}
• Yang, Lihui, et al. (2005). Handbook of Chinese Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-533263-6}}

External links

• [https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=9B32 Unihan Database - U+9B32]

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