![]() ![]() The Yellow Emperor then called upon the drought demon Nüba ( 女魃), who blew away the storm clouds and cleared the battlefield. Only after the Yellow Emperor invented the south-pointing chariot, did he find his way out of the battlefield. The battle dragged on for days while the emperor's side was in danger. The battle last for 10 years with Chiyou having the upper hand.ĭuring the Battle of Zhuolu, Chiyou breathed out a thick fog and obscured the sunlight. ![]() At this point the epic battle between Chiyou and the Yellow Emperor's forces began. He escaped, and later ended up in Zhuolu begging for help from the Yellow Emperor. When the Yan emperor was leading his tribe and conflicts with Nine Li tribes led by Chiyou, the Yan emperor stood no chance and lost the fight. Chiyou has also been counted as part of the Dongyi. Modern Han Chinese scholar Weng Dujian considers Jiuli and San Miao to be Man southerners. In various sources, the "nine Li" tribe is called the "Jiuli" kingdom, Jiuli meaning "nine Li". The place is regarded as the birthplace of the San miao / Miao people, the Hmong being a subgroup of the Miao. In the ancient Zhuolu Town is a statue of Chiyou commemorating him as the original ancestor of the Miao people. Some sources from later dynasties, such as the Guoyu book, considered Chiyou's Li tribe to be related to the ancient San miao tribe ( 三苗). However, his exact ethnic affiliations are quite complex, with multiple sources reporting him as belonging to various tribes, in addition to a number of diverse peoples supposed to have directly descended from him. For example, he called upon a fog to surround Huangdi and his soldiers during the Battle of Zhuolu.Ĭhiyou is regarded as a leader of the Nine Li tribe ( 九黎, RPA White Hmong: Cuaj Li Ntuj) by nearly all sources. Chiyou knows the constellations and the ancients spells for calling upon the weather. Some sources have asserted that the figure 81 should rather be associated with 81 clans in his kingdom. Historical sources often described him as 'bold leader', as well as 'brave'. He is said to have been unbelievably fierce, and to have had 81 brothers and many followers. In some sources, Chiyou had certain features associated with various mythological bovines: his head was that of a bull with two horns, although the body was human, and his hindquarters were those of a bear. ![]() He had 4 eyes and 6 arms, wielding terrible sharp weapons in every hand, similar to a description of fangxiangshi. Īccording to legend, Chiyou had a bronze head with a distinct metal forehead. Today, Chiyou is honored and worshipped as the God of War and one of the three legendary founding fathers of China. He has a particularly complex and controversial ancestry, as he may fall under Dongyi Miao or even Man, depending on the source and view. įor some Hmong people, Chiyou or Txiv Yawg was a sagacious mythical king. According to the Song dynasty history book Lushi, Chiyou's surname was Jiang ( 姜), and he was a descendant of the Flame Emperor. He is best known as a king who lost against the future Yellow Emperor during the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors era in Chinese mythology. He was a tribal leader of the Nine Li tribe ( 九黎) in ancient China. Chiyou ( 蚩尤 Old Chinese ( ZS): * tʰjɯ-ɢʷɯ) is a mythological being that appears in Chinese mythology. ![]()
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