Di Jun’s Family Tree

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Family

• Changxi(spouse),Twelve Moons(child)— Consort

  Di Jun and Changxi bore the twelve moons, one for each month, and Changxi bathes them in the wilderness of the west as they wax and wane through the cycle of night.

• Xihe(spouse),Ten Suns(child)— Consort

  Di Jun and Xihe bore the ten suns, and each morning Xihe bathes one sun-crow in the Tanggu Pool and drives it across the sky in her chariot, giving the world its ten-day week.

Enemy of

• Houyi

  Di Jun sent Houyi to discipline the ten suns, but when Houyi killed nine of them — Di Jun's own sons — Di Jun permanently banished Houyi and Chang'e from heaven.