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Hou Yi (Chinese: 后羿) is a mythological Chinese archer. He was also known as Shen Yi and simply as Yi (羿). He is also typically given the title of "Lord Archer". He is sometimes portrayed as a god of archery or a xian [1] descended from heaven to aid mankind. Other times, he is portrayed as either simply half-divine or fully mortal.
Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán pronunciation ⓘ; born 27 February 1994) [1] [2] [3] is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Peking University. She is the second highest rated female player of all time. [4]
Chang'e (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː ŋ. ə / CHAHNG-ə; Chinese: 嫦娥; pinyin: Cháng'é), originally known as Heng'e (姮娥; Héng'é), is the goddess of the Moon and wife of Hou Yi, the great archer. Renowned for her beauty, Chang'e is also known for her ascending to the Moon with her pet Yu Tu, the Moon Rabbit and living in the Moon Palace ( 廣寒宮 ).
Top view of the Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng. The Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng (Chinese: 曾侯乙墓; pinyin: Zēng Hóu Yǐ mù) is an archaeological site in Leigudun Community (擂鼓墩社區), Nanjiao Subdistrict (南郊街道), Zengdu District, Suizhou (during the Spring and Autumn period called Sui County), Hubei, China, [1] dated sometime after 433 BC.
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Hou Yu-ih (Chinese: 侯友宜; pinyin: Hóu Yǒuyí; born 6 June 1956) is a Taiwanese politician, criminologist, and former police officer. He has been the incumbent mayor of New Taipei since 25 December 2018. [ 1 ]
Feng Meng/Beng Meng (Peng Meng), or Fengmeng (Chinese: 逢蒙; pinyin: féng/péng méng; Wade–Giles: feng²/peng² meng²), was a figure from Chinese mythology closely associated with the divine archer Houyi.
According to Huainanzi, Fengxi destroyed a lot of villages and their farming lands while killing many people, which angered the Emperor Yao who sent the great archer Hou Yi to get it hunted in a morus forest. [1] According to Jiaoshi Yilin and Lüshi Chunqiu, Fengxi is the ancient Chinese rain deity.