呂氏春秋
has indicated that the Kitchen God was Li Zhurong (黎祝融), the son of Zhuanxu who was the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. The same kind of description also appears in "Lüshi Chunqiu (吕氏春秋，Mister Lü's Spring and Autumn [Annals]）": "Zhurong, who was the descendant of Zhuanxu Emperor, became the Fire God"