According to the Chronology of Lu, the pre-historic Chinese emperor T'ang was willing to offer his hair and nails as a symbolic sacrifice of his own body to end a terrible drought.
根據「呂氏春秋」的記載，中國上古有名的好皇帝湯，曾經因為國內大旱，五年不收，而剪下受之父母的頭髮，以木柙十指，發願以自己為犧牲，祈求上蒼降雨。