Hou Yi

Hou Yi, also called Yi, is remembered in legend as the chief of the Youqiong in the Xia period and a famous archer. The Zuo Zhuan, under the fourth year of Duke Xiang, says that when the Xia declined he moved from Chu to Qiongshi and took over Xia rule with the support of the Xia people. Trusting in his archery, he gave himself to hunting, neglected the people and relied on Han Zhuo, and as he came back from a hunt his own household men, set on by Han Zhuo, killed him. He is often confused with the Yi who shot down nine suns, a separate legend. No reliable dates exist.