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Tribal leader of the Nine Li tribe in ancient China

Chiyou ([[wikt:蚩尤; Old Chinese (ZS): *tʰjɯ ɢʷɯ) is a mythological being that appears in Chinese mythology. He was a tribal leader of the Nine Li tribe in ancient China. 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. According to the Song dynasty history book Lushi, Chiyou's surname was Jiang (姜), and he was a descendant of the Flame Emperor. For some Hmong people, Chiyou or Txiv Yawg was a sagacious mythical king. He has a particularly complex and controversial ancestry, as he may fall under Dongyi He had four eyes and six arms, wielding terrible sharp weapons in every hand, similar to a description of fangxiangshi. 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. Some sources have asserted that the figure 81 should rather be associated with 81 clans in his kingdom. Chiyou knows the constellations and the ancients spells for calling upon the weather. For example, he called upon a fog to surround Huangdi and his soldiers during the Battle of Zhuolu.

Chiyou is regarded as a leader of the Nine Li tribe (九黎, RPA ) by nearly all sources. In the ancient Zhuolu Town is a statue of Chiyou commemorating him as the original ancestor of the Miao people. The place is regarded as the birthplace of the San miao / Miao people, Chiyou has also been counted as part of the Dongyi. The story of Guan Gong being invited by Taoist Zhang Tianshi to kill Chi You. Legend has it that during the reign of Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, the Jiezhou Salt Pond did not produce salt. Zhang Tianshi from Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi Province was summoned to the court to tell the emperor that the lack of salt produced Chi You, and that he could be killed by Guan Gong. After Zhang Tianshi followed the emperor's order, he burned a talisman to summon Guan Gong. Guan Gong showed his power, Chi You was beheaded, the salt pond was restored, and all the people rejoiced.

When the Yan emperor was leading his tribe and conflicts with Nine Li tribes led by Chiyou, The battle dragged on for days while the emperor's side was in danger. According to notes by the Qing dynasty painter Luo Ping: "Yellow Emperor ordered his men to have Chiyou beheaded seeing that Chiyou's head was separated from his body, later sages had his image engraved on sacrificial vessels as a warning to those that would covet power and wealth." The Tale of Heike mentions a comet "of the type called Chiyou's Banner or Red Breath." Chiyou remains as a figure of worship today.

Ch'ih yu (conceptualized as a dragon) is one of the characters in the background story in The Settlers III. Chi You is a name for an Aragami creature in the PlayStation Portable game, God Eater. The comic book Heavenly Executioner Chiwoo is partly based on the legends about Chiyou. The main antagonist of the Shenmue saga, Lan Di is one of the leaders of a group called the Chi You Men, who seek to awake the power of the god Chi You. A series of South Korean bullion coins minted by KOMSCO feature Chiyou, referred to as the Chiwoo Cheonwang series. Chi You appears as an antagonist in the TMNT/Ghostbusters miniseries of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IDW comics continuity. Herein he is a godling or immortal creature who is engaged with others of his kind—including the Rat King and Kitsune—in a "game" for dominion over mankind. There is a mechanical mod used in the vaping community known as the Chi You. He is reoccurring demon in the Megami Tensei video game series. Chi You appears as sub boss enemy in the video game La Mulana. Chi You's clan became a group of priestess/assassin combo in Kingdom, where Qiang Lei was once part of. In the 1997 South Korean cartoon Mythology of Heaven by Lee Hyun se, Chiyou appears as the protagonist in book two. The descendants of Chi You formed a warrior order named Saulabi in the novel of The God of High School. He is one of the kings represented by the members of the K pop boy group Kingdom, as one of them is named "Chiwoo". His story is told in the album History of Kingdom: Part II. Chiwoo. He appears as a man eating evil deity in the manga Record of Ragnarok. Chiyou appears in Marvel Comics as the archenemy of the Chinese superhero Sword Master. In the comics, Chiyou is depicted as an evil monstrous god who was defeated and sealed away along with his demonic army by the Yellow Emperor and the descendants of the Three Sovereigns. In the present day, Chiyou's seals have weakened, allowing his demonic minions to escape and to find a way revive their master, prompting Fu Xi's descendant Lin Lie to take of the fabled Sword of Fu Xi to stop Chiyou's release. In the mobile game Arknights, Superintendent Ch'en of the Lungmen Guard Department wields a "dragon slaying" sword named Chi You. Appears as the primary antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Jade. In the video game Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the legendary fire/dark type Pokémon Chi Yu is named after Chiyou, with its fire typing alluding to Chiyu's lineage from the Flame Emperor, and its dark typing reflecting Chiyu's role as an adversary to the Yellow Emperor, in line with his antagonistic depiction in modern media.