 Meng Huo You

Meng Huo You () is the name given to petroleum in ancient China, which practiced the use of petroleum as an incendiary weapon in warfare.During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Chinese historian and poet Ban Gu recorded in the geography section of his "Book of Han" that a flammable liquid substance are found in the Gao Nu County, located in the northeast portion of present-day Shaanxi Province.