Bo Yi (legendary leader)
| Bo Yi 伯益 | |||||
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| Predecessor | Ye the Great | ||||
| Successor | Lian the Great | ||||
| Issue | Lian the Great Ruomu | ||||
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| Father | Ye the Great | ||||
| Mother | Lady Hua | ||||
Yi (Chinese: 益, Yì; fl. 2nd millennium BCE) was a tribal leader of Longshan culture and a culture hero in Chinese mythology who helped Shun and Yu the Great control the Great Flood; he served afterwards as a government minister and a successor as ruler of the empire. Yi is also credited with the invention of digging wells (although Shennong is also credited with this). He was the ancestor of the ruling houses of the Zhao, Qin, Xu and Liang states.