Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage Chinese, Chinese Mythology, Far Eastern Mythology Scripts 听訞(Chinese, Japanese Kanji) Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 6/30/2020 by ReinaBlaka Edited 7/3/2020 by ReinaBlaka Meaning & History In Chinese mythology, Tingyao was the wife of the Flame Emperor (sometimes said to be SHENNONG). In some sources she is listed as an ancestress to ZHURONG and mother of JINGWEI.