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"Li Ji Slays the Giant Serpent" (traditional Chinese: 李寄斬蛇; simplified Chinese: 李寄斩蛇; pinyin: Lǐ Jì Zhǎn Shé) is a Chinese tale first published in the 4th-century compilation Soushen Ji [1] [2] attributed to the Jin-dynasty official Gan Bao (or Kan Pao). The story concerns a young heroine named Li Ji (or Li Chi) who bravely ...
Notable stories include: "Gan Jiang Mo Xie"〈干將莫邪〉 "Wu Wang Xiao Nü"〈吳王小女〉 "Li Ji Zhan She"〈李寄斬蛇〉a legend about serpent-slaying: Li Ji Slays the Giant Serpent (Li Chi Slays the Serpent), similar to the legend of Chen Jinggu.
The Tang-dynasty story collection Boyi zhi (博異志; "Vast Records of the Strange"), from the early 9th century, contains a chuanqi tale about a man named Li Huang (李黃) meeting an attractive woman clad in white (whose aunt is clothed in blue-green). After mating with the beauty at her residence, he returns home and falls ill, his body ...
The Japanese name orochi derives from Old Japanese woröti with a regular o-from wo-shift, [5] but its etymology is enigmatic. Besides this ancient orochi reading, the kanji, 大蛇, are commonly pronounced daija, "big snake; large serpent".
Li Ji (Chinese: 驪姬; pinyin: Lí Jī; died 651 BCE) was a concubine and later, wife of Duke Xian of Jin, ruler of the State of Jin between 676 and 651 BC during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. Li Ji is best known for starting the Li Ji Unrest, which led to the suicide of Prince Shensheng.
The legend of Sitonai, especially Aoki's version, also bears many similarities to the Chinese story Li Ji slays the Giant Serpent of a similar dragon sacrifice girl called Li Ji, up to the creature being a serpent, eight month being specified, and the number of offerings.
For example, Record of an Ancient Mirror written in Early Tang dynasty tells the story of how Wang Du from the Sui dynasty receives an ancient mirror from Hou of Fenyin and slays demons with its help; [11]: 74–82 Liu Yi zhuan by Li Chaowei tells the story of how Liu Yi, when passing the north bank of Jing River after failing the examinations ...
Li Zicheng (22 September 1606 – 1645 [1]), born Li Hongji, also known by his nickname, the Dashing King, [2] was a Chinese peasant rebel leader who helped overthrow the Ming dynasty in April 1644 and ruled over northern China briefly as the Yongchang Emperor (Chinese: 永昌帝; pinyin: Yǒngchāng Dì) of the short-lived Shun dynasty before his death a year later.