Hou Yi, originally called Yi, was a character in ancient Chinese myths and legends. He was good at archery and used to help Emperor Yao The shooting fell for nine days, leaving only one day, so it is widely known among the people that" Houyi shoots the sun "The allusion. He is the sun God Di Jun The minister, Chang 'e ( A surname The husband of the fairy. In order to become immortal, get immortal elixir from the mother of the west king, but by his wife Chang 'e steal to eat and run to the moon. ^[7] And has eradicated six evils for the world ( 猰 Yu , Tooth chisel , Nine babies , gale , Feng Herba , Snake repairing ), and defeat the rebellious Yellow River, rescued A surname ( Goddess of the Luo River ). ^[8] Eventually by the apprentice Meet at a dark time Go to (蠭 ^{[62
]} He died with a peach stick and was later named the King of all ghosts by Emperor Jun Dzombu . ^{[6
]} ^[37]

According to... The Classic of Mountains and Rivers According to records, Houyi was a powerful archer with a red bow and white arrows. There are three kinds of images of gods and ghosts. During life, he is a half-god and half-man, and after death, he becomes a half-ghost and half-god ghost king. ^{[6
]} ^[10] Some Han portraits depict Houyi, the Zong god, as a burly, handsome man with a bow. ^[38] " Huai Nan Zi "" Ancient mythological romance It is mentioned that Houyi had a long left arm, so he was excellent at shooting. ^[23] ^[33] " Li SAO diagram The accompanying picture depicts Houyi as an archer wearing a long robe and leopard dress. ^{[6
]}

The actual prototype is Xia Dynasty The king, the real Yi in history, was revered as a mythological figure, the sun-shooting hero in mythology, because of his superior archery and strong strength. ^{[63
]} ^{[65
]} Later, Yi who shot the sun gradually became known as Houyi and was enshrined in the Houyi Temple. ^{[64
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(Note: The so-called "Dayi" is nothing but an Internet legend method, which is purely a rumor fabricated by modern people. "Dayi" was originally an expert in mythology. Yuan Ke "Self-created name, any ancient books do not appear in the" big Yi "this divine name, ancient records often" Yi "or" Houyi "as the name of the mythical figure, but there is no" big Yi ", "Houyi" a name set far earlier than "Big Yi", and is generally adopted in modern times) ^{[6
]} ^{[53
]} ^[55]

Chinese name: Houyi
alias: Yi (original name), Hou Yi, Yi Yi
Mythological system: Chinese mythology

gender: male
Relevant allusion: Houyi shot the sun, Yi burned fairy medicine ^{[6
]}
Image feature: The appearance of a archer with a bow

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Pre-qin period

Houyi shoots the sun

" Shan Hai Jing · Overseas South Jing It is recorded that "Yi fought with Zao Tooth in the Shouhua field, and Yi shot him." In Kunlun Xudong. Yi held the bow and arrow, chiseled the teeth and held the shield. A moment later." Houyi once fought Zaufang in Shouhua's fields and killed Zaufang with an arrow. The battle was to the east of Kunlun. At that time, Houyi had a bow and arrow in his hand, and Zaw Tooth had a shield in his hand. " Mountain and Sea classics · Inland West classics "Recorded:" In the eight corner of the rock, Chishui, not Yi Mo can mount the rock." In the eight directions of the cave, the bank of the Chishui, if it were not for Houyi, it would be impossible to climb the rocks on these mountains; " Mountains and Seas Classic · Great Wilderness South Classic "Records:" Some people said chisel teeth, Yi killed it." (There was a man named Zaw Tooth who was killed by Yi with an arrow); " Shan Hai Jing · Hai Hai Jing It is recorded: "Emperor Jun gave Yi Tong Gong So 矰, in order to help down the country, Yi was the first to overcome the difficulties of the land." (Emperor Jun gave Houyi a red bow and a short white arrow tied with a silk rope so that he could help the state of the world, so Houyi began to sympathize with the people and go to the earth to help them cope with and remove all kinds of difficulties and hardships ) ^{[6
]}

Houyi (3 photos)

The Middle and Late Warring States Period Mencius · Leave the lower "I learned to shoot Yi every time, did all Yi's way, and thought that the world was only Yi to heal himself, so I killed Yi." (Fengmeng learned archery from Houyi, who was excellent at archery, and when he learned Houyi's skills, he thought that only Houyi was better at archery than himself, so he killed Houyi ) ^[46] ; " Zhuangzi · Qiushui Quoting the Book of Mountains and Seas, it is recorded: "羿射九日, falling to Wojiao." There are none today." (Houyi shot down the nine SUNS into the Vojiao Mountain. This is no longer said in the current version of the book of Mountains and Seas); " Chu Ci · Tianwen The record: "Yi how 彃 day? How do you shed your feathers? ... The emperor fell Yi, leather iniquity Xia people. A houthi and his wife? Feng Yao Li, Feng Sieges is shot. Why do you offer the cream of steamed meat? The recipe takes a pure fox, but dazes his wife. Why did Yi shoot leather and hand over Kui?" How did Houyi shoot down the ninth day? Where are the feathers of the golden birds scattered? ... Emperor Yao sent Yi down to get rid of his troubles and comfort Xia people. Why did he shoot the river uncle blind and marry his wife Roselle? He took a precious bow with a clasp and shot the huge boar to death. Why did God not bless him when he offered the steamed meat? Han decided to marry Chun Hu's wife, who was good at deceiving people, and worked with her to kill Yi. Why was Yi able to shoot through leather, but was destroyed by their design? ) ^{[6
]} ; " Xunzi "Confucian Effect" recorded: "Yi, the world's good shot also, no bow and arrows can not see its clever." Hou Yi was the best archer in the world, but without a bow and arrow, the master archer would not have been able to show his superb skill ); "Xunzi Jiebei" recorded: "倕 as a bow, float as a arrow, and Yi is good at shooting." (倕 made the bow, plankton created the arrow, and Houyi was proficient in archery) ^[35]

Houyi shoots the sun

Western Han Dynasty

Houyi

" Huainan Zi · Benjing training "When Yao was caught, he went out in ten days, scorched grain and killed plants and trees, while the people had nothing to eat. 猰 Yu , Tooth chisel , Nine babies , gale , Feng Herba , Snake repairing All harm the people. Yao is to make Yi kill chisel teeth in the domain of China's wild, kill nine babies on the fierce water, pay the wind in the ze of Qingqiu, shoot ten days and kill 猰, broken repair snake in Dongting, capture herba in Sang Lin . All nations rejoiced. Take Yao as the son of heaven." In the time of Tang Yao, ten SUNS appeared in the sky together, and the scorching sun scorched the crops, dried up the flowers and trees, and left the people with nothing to eat. 猰 last, chisel teeth, nine babies, wind, seal Herba, snake/snake are evil people. So Tang Yao sent Hou Yi to kill the evil of the people, to the south of the wild land to kill Chiseling teeth, in the north of the fierce water killed nine children, in the east Daze Qingqiu with arrows tied to silk lines to shoot the wind, and the sky of the extra ten SUNS shot down nine in a row, only one sun brought light, and then killed 猰, cut down the snake in the Dongting Lake, He captured Feng Sieges in Mulberry Forest in Central China. Houyi cleared away these disasters in one fell swoop, and the people were very happy. The people were very grateful to Yi and Tang Yao, so they elected Tang Yao as their leader); " Huainan son browse Xianyu training According to the record: "Yi asked the immortal medicine to the west Queen Mother, the Heng stole to the moon, and there was a loss and no continuation." How about that? Not knowing the medicine of immortality." (Houyi invited the elixir of eternal life from the mother of the West, and was eaten by his wife Chang 'e, who flew to the moon and entered the cold Moon Palace, but later regretted it too much, missing his husband every day in the lonely years, and Houyi was also unhappy because he did not know the recipe of the elixir and could not find his wife); " Huainan Zi Quan Yan Xun "Yi died of peach galling." (Houyi was killed by a peach tree); " Huainan Zi said mountain training Recorded: "Yi died peach, not to shoot." (Houyi died under a peach staff and had no time to draw his arrow to defend himself); " Huainan Zi · General training It is recorded that "Yi eliminated the evil of the world and died. Zombu The reason why this ghost and God are established ". Houyi removed the things that endangered the world, and after his death was named Zongbu God, the ghost king who led all the ghosts, because of his contributions to the world, he lived as a man, and died as a ghost ) ^{[6
]} ; " Huainan Zi Xiuwu training "Yu was born in stone, Qi was born in egg, Shi Huang produced books, Yi cultivated his left arm and was good at shooting." Yu was born from a stone made by his mother, Qi from a bird's egg, Cang Jie could write at birth, and Houyi was good at archery with a long left arm ) ^[23]

Eastern Han Dynasty

Houyi shoots the sun

"Huainan Zi" (Gao Yi's annotated version) recorded: "Heng, Yi's wife; Yi requested immortality medicine in the west queen mother, did not eat, Heng stolen food, fairy, ran into the middle of the month for the moon essence also." (Chang 'e, the wife of Houyi, Hou Yi invited the immortal medicine from the West Queen mother, but did not take the medicine in time, Hou Yi's wife Chang 'e stole the elixir, flew to the moon palace and became a fairy, Chang 'e then lived in the moon palace and became a toad, that is, the legendary moon spirit) ^[4] ; " The chapters of Chu Ci "Records:" Yao time, ten days and out, plants and withered, Yao ordered Yi to shoot ten days, in its nine days, nine Wu are dead, fell its wings, so leave one day also." (In the time of Emperor Yao, ten SUNS appeared in the sky at the same time, and all the flowers and trees in the world were scorched. Emperor Yao ordered Houyi to shoot ten SUNS, so Houyi shot only nine SUNS, and the nine three-footed golden black birds in these SUNS were all killed, and the feathers and wings fell off, so only one of the SUNS was left in the sky) ^[3] ; Strange literature Omnibus map According to the (lost) North hall book bill "" Taiping imperial view The book records: "Yi was five years old, and his parents were in the mountains. Its mother place under the tree, waiting for cicadas, also, want to take it. The cicadas chirped and donated. Yi was raised in the mountains. He was twenty years old and could learn bows and arrows. He looked up and said, 'I will shoot far away until I reach my door.' 'Because I was going to shoot, I was going to cut the grass, I was going to Yi's gate, and I was going to follow the arrow." (When Houyi was only five years old, his parents took him to the mountains. Yi's mother put him under a big tree, and when the cicadas were singing and wanted to go under the tree to take Houyi away, the cicadas were singing and abandoned him. Houyi grew up in the mountains, and by the time he was twenty years old, he could shoot arrows skillfully. He lifted his face to the sky and sighed, "I will shoot far away, and the arrow will fly as far as my door." Because the bowstring was too hard, it was released, and the arrow quickly rubbed against the ground and cut through the grass, directly reached Houyi's door, and followed the direction of the arrow. ^{[1
]} ; " Lingxian "Recorded:" Chang 'e, Yi's wife also stole the queen mother immortal medicine to take it, run to the moon. Will go, gold occupied in yellow. Huang occupied, said: 'Ji, elegant return sister, alone will go west, every day obscure aeng, no fear, after and Dachang. Chang 'e then lifted herself up to the moon, and it was a toad." Chang 'e, the wife of Houyi, stole the immortal medicine of the West Queen Mother and ate it, flying up to the moon. When she was about to leave, she went to a witch named Huang to divinate. And Huang prophesied to her, 'Good luck.' Married sister flying briskly, alone will run to the west. When the sky is dark and dark, do not fear or panic, there will be unlimited prosperity in the future. Chang 'e then lived on the moon, and she was the toad in the moon ) ^[28] ^[39]

Yi Shooting the Sun (3 photos)

" The Classic of Mountains and Rivers (Shan Hai Jing Biography) (Guo Pu annotations) records: "There is a poor Houyi Muyi shot, so the name is also." (Hou Yi, who had a poor country in the Xia Dynasty, admired Yi for being good at archery, so he was also known as Yi ) ^[43]

Southern Dynasty period

" Later Han Dynasty · Tianwen Zhi Shang (Liang Liuzhao's annotated version) recorded: "Yi requested the medicine of immortality to the West Queen Mother, and the Heng stole it to the moon." (Houyi asked the Queen Mother of the West for an immortal potion, and Chang 'e stole it and ate it alone and flew to the moon) ^[5]

Tang Dynasty

" Justice of historical records Quote from... polychorography Records: "Songzhou Songcheng County ancient 阏 Bo ruins, that is A surname Also, cloud the land sealed by Yi." The county of Songcheng in the State of Song is where the ancestor of Cheng Tang 阏 Bo was located A surname (now in Henan Province), Hou Yi was sealed by Emperor Yao in Shangqiu (Henan ancient name), where he spent his childhood and adulthood ) ^{[1
]} ; " North hall book bill · Volume one hundred and twenty-four "records:" The mountains and seas by Yun Di Jun gave Yi Tong Shou Shou, in order to help the state note said to shoot away the trouble." (The Book of Mountains and Seas says that Emperor Jun gave Houyi a red bow and a short white arrow tied with a silk rope in order to support the lower kingdom and eradicate evil with his excellent archery skills); The Book of Mountains and Seas (quoted by Tang Xuanying) recorded in Zhuangzi's Zhuangzi Zhuangshu: "羿射九日, the nine SUNS that Houyi shot down turned into mountains of Wujiao"; " Unique will "Yi burned the fairy medicine, and the medicine became. His wife stole the food and ran into the middle of the month." (Houyi burned the magic medicine, and after the medicine was finished, Houyi's wife Chang 'e stole the magic medicine, ate it, and then flew into the moon ) ^{[6
]}

Song Dynasty

" The beautiful Valley of flowers Quoting "The Book of Mountains and Seas", it is recorded: "Yao ten days and out, Yao made Yi shoot ten days and fall Wojiao." During the reign of Yao, ten SUNS appeared together, and the Yao faction made Houyi shoot down all ten SUNS and fall into the Dashi Mountain in the southern part of the East China Sea ) ^[40] ; "Eclipse" records: "The sun and the moon and things are solid no evil, should be from the bird to attract evil." It seems to me that this bird will also avoid the Sun Palace. An Feng Houyi was not obedient and violent, so he bent a strong bow and shot this angry bird to thank the poison and evil insect." Time and things are not evil, and this bird should bring evil. It seemed to me that this bird would also flee from the House of the Sun. Ansu Houyi did not behave suddenly, drew the bow straight and tried honesty. Shoot this to attract the resentful bird, to kill the evil worm ) ^[42]

羿射九日

Yuan Dynasty

" Romance of the Western Chamber · Zhang Junrui Acacia "records:" three foot Wuwu, Tuantuan light shuo, an Hou Yi bow, shoot this round fall?" Unexpectedly, the three-legged golden sunbird appeared in the sky, circling and shining, fortunately, Houyi had the bow and arrow, and shot the golden black one by one ) ^[44] ; " Zhang Tianshi breaks the wind and flowers Recorded: "Think of the original King Yao when there were ten SUNS, was Houyi on the top of the Kunlun mountain, shot down nine Wu, stop you one." " ^{[45
]} ^{[49
]} "Yun Window Private records" recorded: "Houyi hunted on Bashan and found a rabbit, as big as a donkey, different. Put in 柙, lost in the middle, 柙 hide the past. Yi dreamed of a man dressed like a king and said, "I support the king, for this earth God, and why insult me?" I will fake my hand on the moon. It was Sun Feng Meng who killed Yi and took the throne." Houyi, the master archer, caught a rabbit as big as a donkey while hunting on Bashan Mountain. Houyi was very happy, thinking that such a large rabbit could eat for many days, so he put it in a wooden cage and brought it back, but on the way, he lost the giant rabbit while the wooden cage was intact. That night, a man dressed in king's clothes told Houyi in a dream that he was the giant rabbit, called Fujun, the god of the land on this side, and he felt humiliated because he was captured by Houyi, so he would take revenge by the hand of a monk. In the end, Houyi died at the hands of Fengmeng, and the rabbit God finally took Fengmeng's body, killed Houyi, and took away his position as the first archer, and avenged this capture.) ^{[56
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Ming Dynasty

" Pingling eastbound It is recorded: "Gonggong touched the sky to mend Nuwa, and Houyi shot and destroyed nine Wu." " ^{[48
]} The "Shuo Fu" quoted in the "Yun Window private annals" records: Houyi hunted on Bashan and got a rabbit, as big as a donkey... It was the day that Meng killed Yi and took the throne. ^{[56
]} " The Ming Dynasty is unified Volume 21 records: "Three mountains in the northwest of Tunliu County 35 miles, a Lin mountain, three peaks high." "The Book" : "Tang felled three strands", and there was a place where Houyi shot nine black birds. " ^{[50-51
]} " From Pangu to Tang Yu "Yi took an arrow in his hand and shot it toward the sun. He saw the arrow hit the sun, and the arrow disappeared into the air." ^[47]

Qing Dynasty

" Walk in the garden and talk "In the Book of the Taiping Imperial Survey, it is said that Nwa's stone was used to mend the sky, and Houyi shot for ten days. " ^{[52
]} "Yuanjian Category Han · Beast Rabbit" quoted in "Yun Window Private records" recorded: Houyi hunted in Bashan...... It was the day that Meng killed Yi and took the throne. ^{[59-60
]} " Lu's Spring and Autumn have "Records:" Today there is Yi, every Meng, numerous weaker than this, and no string, you will not also." If there are good shooters such as Houyi and Fengmeng and good bows such as Fanweak, but there is no bow string, then surely you can't hit the target ) ^[30] ; Jiaqing 1798, banknote book Han and Wei suicide note banknotes Quote from... Zheng mother Sutra "Records:" Xiyi good shot, 彃 ten days, the fruit is finished." (Yi was good at archery in the past, he shot for ten days and succeeded as expected)...... "The borrower shot Yi and stole his house, and kept his slaves for a long time." In the past, Han shot Houyi and occupied his wife. After a long time, Han gave birth to a son ) ^[41] ; "The whole history Palace Ci" quoted "Three more posts" recorded: "After Chang 'e flew to the moon, Yi Yi became ill, on the fifteenth night of the first month, there was a Tongzi palace to see said... ' " ^{[54
]}

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In recent years, the so-called "Da Yi" in the Internet is actually a fan name spontaneously created by modern scholars, which does not exist in the original records of any ancient books, and lacks documentary evidence, because "Da Yi" was first uttered by Yuan Ke, a legendary ruler. ^{[53
]} ^[55] The saying "Houyi" can be found in ancient texts, ^{[45
]} Even Yuan Ke, the original author who invented the theory of "Great Yi", stood for "Houyi". ^{[6
]}

In 1998, Yuan Ke created a mythological book" The Great Dictionary of Chinese mythology In page 252, the author Yuan Ke still uses "Houyi" as the name of the shooting sun Yi, but does not mention the word "Da Yi", because "Da Yi" is inherited from "Hou Yi" fabricated words, "Da Yi" name not only later than "Houyi" appeared, and influence is not as good as "Houyi". ^{[6
]}

Although the "Big Yi Theory" is the beginning of Yuan Ke, however, no matter Yuan Ke's "Great Dictionary of Chinese Mythology" ^{[6
]} Or the earlier mythological treatise Ancient Chinese mythology ", did not write the word "Da Yi". ^{[58
]} At present, the earliest source of "Da Yi" is the book edited by Chen Sihe in June 1987. A holistic view of Chinese new literature P. 108. ^{[57
]}

Various ancient images of Houyi
Han Dynasty painting brick "Houyi Shooting the Sun" rubbing (3 photos)	Rubbings of Han Dynasty stone relief 羿射九日 (3 photos)	Han Dynasty stone statue "West Queen Mother Medicine" rubbing	Houyi Shooting the Sun, Volume 3 of Li SAO Tu in Qing Dynasty (2 photos)
Reference sources: ^{[6 ]} ^[24] ^[29]

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Cultural relic

Houyi related cultural relics
name	introduce	picture
Warring States color paint Houyi Yi shot map suitcase	Unearthed in 1978 from the tomb of Zeng Hou Yi in Suixian County, Hubei Province, the relics of the early Warring States period (475-221 BC) are 69 cm long, 49 cm wide and 37 cm high. It is now collected in Hubei Provincial Museum. What is represented in this picture is the mythical image of Yi shooting ten days in ancient China. ^[19]	Warring States color paint Houyi Yi shot map suitcase
Yi shot the sun drawing stone letter	The stone letter of Yi shooting the Sun in the Eastern Han Dynasty was unearthed in Baozi Mountain, Xinjin County, Sichuan Province in 1951. The image chiseled on the stone letter is the myth of "Houyi shooting the sun". In the middle of the picture is a tree with a bird on each side, one for phoenix and one for Phoenix, and 13 birds scattered among the trees. The phoenix bird represents the sun here, the tree is Fusang (also known as "building wood"), and Houyi bends his bow and shoots on the left. The whole picture is full of vivid and decorative. (Sichuan Museum Collection) ^[18]	Yi shot the sun drawing stone letter
Houyi shot the sun	Han Dynasty statue, quality: pottery, 0.26 meters high, enshrined in Beijing Liu Lin Minzu. ^[17]	Houyi shot the sun

opera

The national opera "Month by Month" made by Liaoning Opera House has premiered in Shenyang. The play is a revival of the opera "Return" performed in 1990, with the mythological story of Houyi shooting the sun and Chang 'e flying to the moon as the theme, giving the mythological story new artistic value and significance of The Times . ^[13]

Folk music

The "Hero" Chinese Creation Myth theme concert by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra of the China Society "composed" a symphonic epic of Chinese folk music in the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall... The work "Houyi" by Banhu, Bowstring Orchestra and percussion Orchestra transformed Banhu into a bow and string in Houyi's hand, showing Houyi's heroic spirit of benefiting the people; Concert Finale - Symphonic chorus "Hero" . ^[14]

Temple fair

The Temple fair of Dong Zi Culture Street in Dezhou, Shandong Province, displays Leling elements such as "Chang 'e" and "Houyi" lanterns every spring. At the temple fair, Leling launched a 10-meter-long feature lantern "Chang 'e flying to the moon", "Houyi shooting the sun" . ^[11]

sculpture

In the Baling Square of Yueyang City, Hunan Province, there is a large sculpture of "Houyi Shooting Baa Snake". This sculpture, about 16 meters high and weighing 2000 tons, was built in the autumn of 2009. Under the sculpture, there are carved "Houyi Shooting Baa Snake" and some relief images of people and things related to Yueyang, which explains the origin of the name "Baling" in Yueyang City with mythic images . ^[36]

Houyi shot the snake sculpture

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Jin Dynasty Gan Bao's collection of strange stories In Search of the Gods The fourteenth volume also says: "Yi asked for the medicine of no death in the west Queen Mother, Chang 'e stole it to fly to the moon, will go, and divination is yellow." There is a yellow occupation said: auspicious. Graceful return sister, alone will go west. When the sky is dark, do not be afraid. After and Dachang. Chang 'e then support in the month, is for the toad 蠩. Houyi got the medicine of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West, and Chang 'e stole it and ran to the moon. When she was about to leave, she went to the witch to tell the story. Huang told her, "Good luck." Married sister flying briskly, alone will run to the west. Just when the sky is dark and dark, do not fear or panic, the future will be unlimited." Chang 'e then lived on the moon. She's the toad on the moon. ^[27]

Houyi literature

The Song Dynasty classical documentary novel Taiping Guangji Quote from... Mencius He also said: "Every time I learn to shoot Yi, do Yi's way." But Yi healed himself, so he killed Yi. " ^[31]

The classical literary novels of the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties Romance of The Three Kingdoms There is a sentence in the sixteenth: "The setting sun deceived Houyi, and the horn ape wanted to win over you." " ^[32]

Ming Dynasty classical literature gods and monsters novel Journey to the West Yi also mentioned the deeds of shooting the sun: "Since the opening up, the sun star original virginity of ten, after Yi was good to open the bow, shot down nine Wu fell to the ground, and stopped the gold Wu one star, is the true fire of the sun." There are nine hot springs in heaven and earth, all of which are transformed by the masses. The Jiuyang spring, is sweet cold spring, with mountain spring, hot spring, East He spring, Huang mountain spring, Xiao An spring, Guangfen spring, Tang spring - this spring is Zhuo GUI spring. Since the beginning of the world in Pangu, there were ten days in the ancient days, Hou Yi shot down nine of them with a bow and arrow, and nine of them fell to the ground, leaving only one golden Wu. There are nine places between heaven and earth, hot springs are all changed by Zhongjinwu, such as the Jiuyang Spring... Hot spring - this spring is also known as the wash water spring) ^[26]

Qing Dynasty set novels Ancient mythological romance Introduce Houyi's appearance: "Zhuanxu Emperor looked and saw that the man had big ears, a long body, an ape arm, and the left arm seemed to be especially long, really a table, but the age is only about twenty, he asked him: 'Your name is Yi? Yi replied, "Yes." '" ; ^[33] And the 28th chapter of the directory name is "Yao changed to Tang Yi to kill wedgette", and there is a 32nd chapter "Tang Yaoju mother lost after Yi to kill the wind", and a 54th chapter "Houyi shot the River Bo Fengmeng to kill Houyi", many references to Houyi's experience in the book.

Published by Chongqing Press in 2007 Houyi "Is a novel written by Ye Zhaoyan, a re-creation of the ancient Chinese mythology" Houyi shoots the sun "and" Chang 'e flies to the moon ", to shoot the sun hero Houyi as the prototype, describing the ups and downs of Houyi's life, from the perspective of Chang 'e to shape Houyi, highlighting the impact of Chang 'e on Houyi's life . ^[25]

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Houyi related film and television
age	title	ACTORS	edition
The year 1995	" Yama Legend "	Li Lingjie	Ma Yuhui directs the TV series
The year 1996	" Journey to the West "	Li Yaojing	Li Wenlong directed the TV series
The year 2000	" Spring is shining pig eight rings "	Kou Zhanwen	Dream after directing TV series
The year 2003	" The Legend of Nezha "	There is no	Zhang Li directed the animation
The year 2003	" Rush to the moon "	Li Mingshun	Pan Wenjie directed the TV series
The year 2004	" The good fortune of the pig " ^[67]	Li Peize	Wang Yong, dream after directing TV series
The year 2006	" Jingwei reclamation "	Lie solution	Leung Kwok-guan directed the TV series
The year 2008	" Houyi shoots the sun "	Li Mingshun	Liu Xin directs the TV series
The year 2008	" Houyi shoots the sun "	unknown	Liu Xinran directed the animation
The year 2010	" Goddess in the moon "	Huang Jue	Liang Kai Cheng directed the TV series
The year 2010	" Ancient legend "	Wang Yunchao	Wu Jiatai directed the TV series
The year 2011	" Houyi shoots the sun "	unknown	Yangzhou puppet show cartoon
The year 2012	" Joy Marshal "	Zhang Danfeng	Fan Xiaotian directs the TV series
The year 2013	" Houyi shoots the sun "	unknown	Young produces short animated films
The year 2013	" Neo Luo "	Yang Yang	Lily Chu directs the TV series
The year 2016	" Chang 'e, the descendant of the moon, has returned "	Oderxin	Sun Shi directed the film
The year 2017	" My boyfriend is Houyi "	Wang Zuhao	Siwen Ruffian directs network film
The year 2018	" The mountains and seas are haunted by demons chasing the moon "	Ding Huiyu	Zhang Weiguo directed the film
2019	" Sun and moon "	Dou Xiao	Jin Yimeng directed the film
The year 2020	" Houyi's Battle of the Sun "	Ma Jinghan	LAN Bin directed the film

Reference material material ^[16] ^[22]

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Game image

The game works related to Houyi are: "God's Havoc", "King's Glory", "Hero's Sword Pocket Edition", "Hero's Sword", "Chaos to the West 2", "Nao Heavenly Palace", "Light of the Ether", "Feng God Summoner", "Tao friends Please stay" and so on . ^[15]

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Houyi's interpersonal relationships
character	relation	name	Brief introduction
Houyi	wife	Goddess in the moon (Heng) ^[2]	Human female, later moon spirit (toad)
	apprentice	Meet at a dark time (Pang Meng) ^[46]	After learning archery from Houyi, he deceived his masters and killed his ancestors ^{[62 ]}
	Disciple's grandson	Hong Chao ^{[56 ]}	Feng Meng's disciple, Hou Yi's disciple again

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An ancient book about Houyi
The author and the dynasty	Books	Book name
Author unknown (Warring States Period)	Shan Hai Jing · Overseas South Jing ^{[6 ]}	Processing of
	The Classic of Mountains and Seas and the West Classic of China	Yi, Yi
	The Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Great Wilderness South ^{[6 ]}	Processing of
	The Classic of Mountains and Seas ^{[6 ]}	Processing of
Mencius (Early Warring States Period)	Mencius Liyue Xia ^{[6 ]}	Processing of
Zhuangzi (Middle Warring States Period)	Zhuangzi · Autumn Water ^{[6 ]}	Processing of
Xunzi (Late Warring States Period)	Xunzi: The Effects of Confucianism ^[35]	Processing of
Qu Yuan (Late Warring States Period)	The Ci of Chu · Tianwen ^{[6 ]}	Yi, Yi
Liu An and His Disciples (Western Han Dynasty), Gao Shao (Eastern Han Dynasty Annotations)	Huainan Zi · Shuolin ^{[6 ]}	Processing of
Wang Yi (Eastern Han Dynasty)	Chapters of Chu Ci	Processing of
Zhang Heng (Eastern Han Dynasty)	Constitution of the Spirit ^[39]	Processing of
Author unknown (Han Dynasty)	Omnibus map ^{[1 ]}	Processing of
Ganbao (Eastern Jin Dynasty)	Search for the Gods ^[27]	Processing of
Guo Pu (Jin Dynasty)	The Biography of Mountains and Seas Volume 6, volume 9, volume 11, volume 15, volume 18	Processing of
Guo Pu Notes/Yuan Ke Supplementary School (Jin Dynasty)	Notes on the Classic of Mountains and Seas	Processing of
Liang Liuzhao (Southern Dynasty)	Book of the Later Han Dynasty · Astronomy ^[5]	Processing of
Li Tai major, written by Xiao Deyan et al. (Tang Dynasty)	Kuoji	Processing of
Du Yu (Jin Dynasty) note, Kong Yingda (Tang Dynasty) Shu	Justice in Zuo Zhuan of Spring and Autumn ^[34]	Processing of
Zhang Shoujie (Tang Dynasty)	Quoting from Kuodighi in Shiji Justice	Processing of
Yu Shinan (Tang Dynasty)	Beitang Shubanknote	There is no
Cheng Xuanying (Tang Dynasty)	Zhuangzi's Annotations	Processing of
Li Kang (Tang Dynasty)	On the volume of "Unique Alien. ^{[6 ]}	Processing of
Li Fang, Li Mu, Xu Xuan (Song Dynasty)	Taiping Imperial Survey	Processing of
Li Fang, Hu Meng, Xu Xuan et al. (Song Dynasty)	Taiping Guang Ji ^[31]	Processing of
Author unknown (Song Dynasty)	The Splendid Valley of Flowers	Processing of
Mei Yaochen (Song Dynasty)	Eclipse of the Sun ^[42]	Houyi
Wu Changling (Yuan Dynasty)	Zhang Tianshi's Death ^{[45 ]}	Houyi
Wang Shifu (Yuan Dynasty)	Story of the Western Chamber ^[44]	Houyi
Chen Fen (Yuan Dynasty)	Yun Window Private Records ^{[56 ]}	Houyi, Yi
Luo Guanzhong (Yuan Dynasty)	Romance of The Three Kingdoms ^[32]	Houyi
Xu Zhenqing (Ming Dynasty)	Pingling Heading East ^{[48 ]}	Houyi
Li Xian and Peng Shi (Ming Dynasty)	Unified Annals of the Ming Dynasty ^{[50 ]}	Houyi
Tao Zongyi (Ming Dynasty)	The Telling of Fools ^{[56 ]}	Houyi, Yi
Wu Chengen (Ming Dynasty)	Journey to the West ^[26]	Processing of
Zhong Xing (Ming Dynasty)	Biography of Pangu to Tang Yu ^[47]	Processing of
Qian Yong (Qing Dynasty)	Words in the Garden ^{[52 ]}	Houyi
Zhang Ying (Qing Dynasty)	Deep Kam Type Han ^{[59 ]}	Houyi, Yi
Hao Yixing (Qing Dynasty)	The Classic of Mountains and Seas	Processing of
Wu Renchen (Qing Dynasty)	The Classic of Mountains and Seas	Processing of
Bi Yuan (Qing Dynasty)	Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals ^[30]	Processing of
Wang Mo (Qing Dynasty)	Han-wei Suicide Note ^[28]	Processing of
Chung Yulong (Qing Dynasty)	The Romance of Ancient Mythology ^[33]	Houyi
Xiao Yuncong (Qing Dynasty)	Li SAO Tu	Processing of
Shi Menglan (Qing Dynasty)	Total History Palace Ci ^{[54 ]}	Processing of

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Houyi from the ancient myth of the kind, brave, simple, loyal to love of the world hero became a power and desire in the struggle of "half God". Review of Houyi by Xu Chunhao ) ^[20]

Houyi was not only a master archer, but also a "scientist" and doer who had the courage to correct calendar errors. The Houyi myth of "shooting for ten days and punishing the evil under" can be said to be another "creation" after the beginning of heaven and Earth, which pulled the Chinese people back to a correct time and a safe space. (Liu Jie review ) ^[12] ^[21]

Because of his love for the people, Houyi came to shoot the sun; Because of his love for his people, he killed the monsters that were harming the world. The story of Houyi and Chang 'e embodies the Chinese people's reverence for heroes for thousands of years and their hope for sincere love. (Review by Jiang Bo and Ding Tao ) ^[13]

There are so-called "cultural heroes" in myths and legends all over the world. Houyi of ancient China had the most such characteristics. (Wang Congren review ) ^[8]

Hou Yi shot the sun as a myth story has been widely spread, the hero of the myth Hou Yi has outstanding achievements . (Comments by Li Ting) ^[9]

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