| 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).[1] He was the ancestor of the ruling houses of the Zhao, Qin, Xu and Liang states.