When Yao was the leader of the confederation of tribes, ten suns appeared in the sky.
据《淮南子·本经训》记载：唐尧为帝王的时候，天空中同时出现了10个太阳，
The crops were scorched,
庄稼被烤焦，
and the grass and trees were destroyed.
草木被晒死，
The common people were starved to death.
老百姓因为没有粮食而被饿死。
At the same time, the monsters and demons ran wild and did great harm to the people.
同时，怪兽也出来为害人民。
Yao sent Hou Yi to kill them. Hou Yi killed the sharp teeth monster in the wilderness,
于是，尧就派遣后羿在畴华之野杀死了凿齿，
slew the cruel dragon in the turbulent river,
在凶水之上杀死了九婴，
captured the storm demon in the valley of Qingqiu Mountains,
在青丘之泽降服了大风，
cut the longest snake in Dong Ting Lake and captured the largest beast in the mulberry forest.
在洞庭湖畔斩杀了修蛇，在桑林擒住了封。
After destroying all the monsters, he shot down the nine blazing suns keeping only one in the sky.
消灭这些怪兽之后，后羿又把天上的太阳射下来了9个，只留下一个。
Then, the mass could live a stable life again.
老百姓重新又过上了安定的日子。
Yi became the hero eulogized by the later generations.
羿则成为后人称誉的英雄。
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