This good was the primary source of the “black alteration” of jade artifacts unearthed from high-class tombs. This good, which represented “Real Fire,” was mixed with another good representing “Real Water” and slathered on the feet to allow a person to walk on water, as recounted in Gě Hóng's Bàopǔzǐ in its section on jīndān. Non-black colored ink derived from this good was brushed over oracle bone scripts. As told by (*) Sīmǎ Qiān, (10[1])an area guarded by automatic crossbows featured imitations of the “hundred rivers” made from this good. Carved lacquerware gained its distinctive vibrant red from this good’s sulfide. For 10 points, cinnabar was the source of what metal which was amalgamated with lead to produce elixirs of immortality consumed by emperors like Qín Shǐ Huáng? ■END■