重黎

Chónglí

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chongli, in myth the fire official later called Zhurong, ancestor of the royal house of Chu
2 Chongli, Book 10 of Yang Xiong's Model Sayings

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

扬雄在《法言·重黎》里评论了很多历史人物。

Yáng Xióng zài 《 Fǎyán · Chónglí 》 lǐ pínglùn le hěnduō lìshǐ rénwù.

In the Chongli chapter of Model Sayings, Yang Xiong comments on many figures from history.

HSK 7-9

传说重黎是管火的官，后来被称为祝融。

Chuánshuō Chónglí shì guǎn huǒ de guān, hòulái bèi chēngwéi Zhùróng.

Legend says Chongli was the official in charge of fire, later known as Zhurong.

Tips

history

Accounts differ. In the 《国语》 they are two officials, 重 and 黎, whom the god-king 颛顼 set over heaven and earth, cutting the link between the two. In the 《史记》 Chongli is one man, fire official of 帝喾, given the title 祝融 and claimed as an ancestor of the kings of 楚.

mistakes

重 here is read chóng, not zhòng. The chapter of 《法言》 takes its name from its opening question about these officials, and its comments on Han history include 群策群力.

Stroke Order

重 zhòng

黎 lí