Ten Suns’s Family Tree

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Family

• Di Jun(parent),Xihe(parent)— 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.

Slain by

• Houyi

  Houyi shot down nine of the Ten Suns with his divine bow to save the earth from scorching heat.

Associated with

• Fusang,Xihe

  The ten suns roosted among the branches of Fusang, the colossal mulberry tree rising from the boiling waters at the world's eastern edge, and each morning Xihe bathed one sun-crow in the pool at its roots before driving it across the sky.