Hou Yi Shoots the Suns
Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 53 vocabulary words
Source: 《淮南子·本经训》 · Huainanzi, Basic Warp
古时候天上有十个太阳,晒得庄稼枯死,河水干了,百姓没法活。
Long ago ten suns burned in the sky; crops withered, rivers dried, the people could not live.
神箭手后羿拉开弓,一支一支把太阳射下来。
The archer Hou Yi drew his bow and shot them down one by one.
射下九个以后,天上只剩一个太阳,大地又凉快起来。
Nine fell; one sun remained, and the earth grew cool again.
后羿成了救百姓的英雄。直到今天,人们还讲他的故事。
Hou Yi became the people's saviour, and his story is still told today.