Hou Yi the archer
E614021
Hou Yi the archer is a heroic figure in Chinese mythology famed for shooting down nine of ten suns to save the world, a legend closely associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hou Yi the archer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6720204 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hou Yi the archer Context triple: [Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, linkedToLegend, Hou Yi the archer]
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A.
Guandi
Guandi is a revered Chinese deity, often identified with the historical general Guan Yu, who is worshipped as a god of war, loyalty, and righteousness in Chinese folk religion and beyond.
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B.
Zhenwu
Zhenwu is a powerful Taoist deity associated with the north, martial protection, and spiritual cultivation, especially revered in Chinese religious and martial traditions.
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C.
Chenghuangshen
Chenghuangshen is a traditional Chinese city god deity believed to protect and oversee the affairs, justice, and welfare of a specific city and its inhabitants.
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D.
Yizhu
Yizhu was the personal name of the Xianfeng Emperor, a Qing dynasty ruler of China in the mid-19th century.
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E.
Xuan Dieu
Xuan Dieu is a popular street and neighborhood in Hanoi’s Tay Ho District, known for its lakeside views, expatriate community, and vibrant mix of cafes, restaurants, and shops.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hou Yi the archer Target entity description: Hou Yi the archer is a heroic figure in Chinese mythology famed for shooting down nine of ten suns to save the world, a legend closely associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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A.
Guandi
Guandi is a revered Chinese deity, often identified with the historical general Guan Yu, who is worshipped as a god of war, loyalty, and righteousness in Chinese folk religion and beyond.
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B.
Zhenwu
Zhenwu is a powerful Taoist deity associated with the north, martial protection, and spiritual cultivation, especially revered in Chinese religious and martial traditions.
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C.
Chenghuangshen
Chenghuangshen is a traditional Chinese city god deity believed to protect and oversee the affairs, justice, and welfare of a specific city and its inhabitants.
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D.
Yizhu
Yizhu was the personal name of the Xianfeng Emperor, a Qing dynasty ruler of China in the mid-19th century.
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E.
Xuan Dieu
Xuan Dieu is a popular street and neighborhood in Hanoi’s Tay Ho District, known for its lakeside views, expatriate community, and vibrant mix of cafes, restaurants, and shops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archer
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culture hero ⓘ hero ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Classic of Mountains and Seas
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later Chinese literary works and operas ⓘ |
| associatedMyth |
Chang’e flying to the moon
ⓘ
Legend of the Ten Suns ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chang’e
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang'e
Mid-Autumn Festival ⓘ
linked to:
Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations
Moon Goddess of Chinese mythology ⓘ archery skill ⓘ immortality elixir ⓘ loss of immortality ⓘ |
| culture |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
Chinese mythology ⓘ Taoist mythology ⓘ |
| deed |
left one sun in the sky
ⓘ
shot down nine suns ⓘ |
| employer | Emperor Yao ⓘ |
| festivalConnection | stories retold during Mid-Autumn Festival ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
immortal deity version
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mortal hero version ⓘ |
| influence |
Chinese art
ⓘ
Chinese festivals and folklore ⓘ Chinese poetry ⓘ |
| motivation |
to restore balance to the world
ⓘ
to save humans from extreme heat ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | age when ten suns appeared in the sky ⓘ |
| notableFor |
saving the world from scorching heat
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shooting down nine of ten suns ⓘ |
| regionOfMyth | ancient China ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
sun crow
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three-legged crow in the sun ⓘ |
| relatedFigure |
Chang’e
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang'e
Emperor Yao ⓘ Jade Emperor in some later tales ⓘ |
| role |
divine archer
ⓘ
royal archer in some versions of the myth ⓘ |
| serves | Emperor Yao ⓘ |
| spouse |
Chang’e
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang'e
|
| symbolizes |
control of natural forces
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heroic sacrifice ⓘ protection of humanity ⓘ |
| title | Divine Archer ⓘ |
| weapon | bow and arrows ⓘ |
| worshippedIn | some Chinese folk temples ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hou Yi the archer Description of subject: Hou Yi the archer is a heroic figure in Chinese mythology famed for shooting down nine of ten suns to save the world, a legend closely associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.