K'ang T'ai, a Chinese chronicler, visited Funan in the early third century CE. He recorded this version of the founding of Funan.

At the beginning, the sovereign of Fou-nan was a woman called Lieou-ye (willow leaf). In the country of Mo Fou in India, there was a man named Houen-chen who worshipped a spirit with love and passion. The spirit was touched by his piety, and one night Houen-chen saw in a dream a man who gave him a divine bow and commanded him to board a ship and depart over the sea.

The next day, Houen-chen entered the temple and found a bow at the foot of the tree in which the spirit dwelt. He procured a great boat and salied away. The spirit directed the winds so that Houen-chen reached Fou-nan. Lieou-ye wished to capture the boar. Houen-chen raised his bow and shot. The arrow drove throught the boat of Lieou-ye from one side to the other. Dismayed, she surrendered, and Houen-chen became the master of Fou-nan.*