Hou Yi

Hou Yi
Hou Yi
	Houyi, as depicted in Xiao Yuncong's Illustrated 'Inquiry of the Heavens (蕭雲從天問圖), published 1645
Chinese	后羿
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hòu Yì
Wade–Giles	Hou4-i4
IPA	[xôʊ.î]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	hau6 ngai6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Hō͘-gē
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese	/ɦəuX ŋeiH/
Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	/*ɡoːʔ ŋeːs/

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. His wife, Chang'e, is one of the lunar deity.^[2]

^ Ni, Xueting C. (2023). Chinese Myths: From Cosmology and Folklore to Gods and Immortals. London: Amber Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-83886-263-3.
^ "Hou Yi". Encyclopedia Britannica.

[1] Ni, Xueting C. (2023). Chinese Myths: From Cosmology and Folklore to Gods and Immortals. London: Amber Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-83886-263-3.

[:0-2] "Hou Yi". Encyclopedia Britannica.

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