What is a beast?

Mammals without strict division of labor between limbs and whole body hair: mammals. Beast. Birds and beasts. Beast. Veterinarians.

Metaphor is barbarism and filth: animal desire. Animal behavior. Human face and animal heart.

Radical: hmm

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(pictographic. Xiao zhuan. Upper elephant ear, middle elephant head, lower elephant foot on the ground. Animals are the general name of animals. There is also a word "beast" in ancient times, which refers to the activity of catching animals. These two characters are universal. Original meaning: the general term for animals)

Four-legged mammals, especially beasts; Animals]

Beasts, guardians. -"Shuo Wen Jie Zi"

A hairy-footed animal. -"Er Ya Shi Bird"

Animal caterpillar. -"release the beast and interpret the text." Press, those who can keep animals are called animals.

The genus of beasts, foxes and wolves. -Note to Zhou Li Shi Ting

The big beast is public. -"The Ritual of Orcs"

Fighting wild animals in ao. -"Poetry Xiaoya Car Attack"

Beasts walk on high mountains. -Cao Cao's "Only East and West Doors"

Beasts walk on their feet. -"The Warring States Policy and Qi Ce"

There are wild animals in the mountains. -"Huainanzi said mountain training"

The mountain is deep and the beast is going. -Preface to Historical Records and Biography of Huo Zhi

Another example is the order of beasts (the eye of beasts); Animal workers (one of the six workers of Emperor Yin). A craftsman who handles leather); Orcs (people with ulterior motives like animals); Terrible animals (animals will run around when they are frightened); An animal's kiss (an ornament on a knocker; Tiger mouth); Animal minister (ancient official name. In charge of Yamazawa and hunting); The gate of the beast's head (the knocker on the main entrance of a wealthy family, palace or temple is usually paved with bronze or gold-plated beast's head, hence the name); Animal collar (animal scurrying)

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The real beast is above, and the East is the first. -"Ceremony"

People in the Tang Dynasty often changed the word "tiger" to "beast" because they avoided the taboos of Tang Gaozu Li Yuanzu and Li Hu. Such as: animal mouth (tiger mouth); Animal kiss (tiger's mouth); Beastmaster (another name for tiger)

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Metaphor is brutal and cruel ["animals are worse than animals"]

Birds and beasts in civil strife are destroyed. -"Li Zhouxia Guanfu"

Another example is: animal heart; Animal desire; Brutality (metaphor for extremely barbaric and inhuman behavior)

Beast-like. Such as: animal materials (carved animal-shaped columns); Animal face (animal-shaped mask); After the beast (painted with a beast-shaped shooting target); Animal armor (armor decorated with the shape of animal head); Animal ship (warship with animal hull carved); Animal stove (animal-shaped incense burner)

Species of Ancient Wild Animals in China

Baize

The beasts on Kunlun Mountain, the famous beasts, are all white, can speak human words and understand the feelings of all things, and rarely appear, unless a saint ruled the world at that time, and he came with books.

The Chronicle of Xuanyuan tells the story of Bai Ze, a god beast: "The emperor (Huang) made a hunting tour, crossed the sea to the east, climbed Mount Huan, and got the beast of Bai Ze, which was eloquent and reached the love of all things. Because asking ghosts and gods in the world. Throughout the ages, there are 1,520 kinds of people who have changed their spirits, as Bai Ze said; The emperor ordered pictures to be written for the world to see. "

One-legged dragon monster in ancient China legend

Born in the East China Sea, it looks like an ox (see the picture a bit like a kangaroo:). It has no horns, is huge and dark black, but it is supported by only one foot. It is also called one-legged kui.

Osmium is a kind of evil beast, which can emit the light of the sun and the moon and make a thunderous cry.

kylin

It is a kind creature with powerful demon power. It understands the world and the will of God, and can listen to fate. There are twelve countries in the human world, ruled by twelve kings respectively. Kings are not judged by birth or merit, but by fate. Kirin is a god beast that conveys destiny and chooses a king for the country.

Haitai

It's hard to find a suitable picture, so I have to use this one. ) The famous god beast produced under the ancient divine judgment system is also known as the "law beast". According to Lun Heng and Huai Nan Zi? According to Xiuwu, it is as big as an ox, as small as a sheep, and looks like a unicorn. It has thick dark hair, bright eyes and usually a unicorn on its forehead. It is said that those who have broken horns die. Some people have wings, but most of them have no wings. Have high wisdom, can understand people's words, and will use horns to resist dishonest and disloyal people. Later generations often raise ordinary sheep instead of horses in temples.

roar

Shaped like a rabbit, the tips of two ears are very long, only more than a foot long. The lion is afraid of it, and it will rot if it is covered and drowned. (Golden Roar in fahai temple Murals)

White Tiger

In China, the white tiger is the god of war and war. Tigers have many magical powers, such as avoiding evil, praying and punishing evil, promoting good, getting rich and getting married, etc. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also changed from the stars. Among these 28 stars, there are 7 in the west: osmium, building, stomach, ang, bi, Gou and Shen. Therefore, it is the representative of the west, and its whiteness is due to the west. The five elements belong to gold and the color is white. So it is called white tiger not because it is white, but because it comes from five elements.

turtle

Xuanwu is a spiritual thing composed of turtles and snakes. Xuanwu originally meant Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are interlinked. Wu means black; Ghost means yin. At first, Xuan Ming described the turtle divination as follows: the turtle's back is black, and the turtle divination first invited the turtle to ask questions in the underworld, brought back the answers and showed them to the world in the form of divination. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu is the tortoise. Since then, the meaning of Xuanming has been expanding. Turtles live in rivers, lakes and seas (including turtles), so Xuan Ming became a water god; The tortoise lives long, and Xuan Ming has become a symbol of immortality; It turns out that the underworld is in the north, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions's divination in the Shang Dynasty is "divination must go north", so Xuan Ming became a northern god again.

rosefinch

In China, the phoenix is a symbol of happiness. There are many kinds of prototypes. Such as golden pheasants, peacocks, vultures, mandarin ducks, blackbirds (swallows), etc ... Some people say it is a Buddhist Dapeng golden winged bird. According to the phoenix myth, the phoenix has a chicken's head, a swallow's chin, a snake's neck, a fish's tail and five-color stripes. There are five kinds of phoenixes, divided by color: Red Phoenix, Lan Fenghuang, White Swan and Rayna Sue Phoenix, which can also be called Suzaku or Blackbird. Suzaku is one of the four spirits, and like the other three spirits, it comes from the stars, which is the general name of the seven nights in the south: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and bird. Think of it as Suzaku. Scarlet, like fire, the south belongs to fire, hence the name Phoenix. It also has the characteristics of being far from fire, also called fire phoenix, just like the immortal birds in the west.

Qinglong-the patron saint of the East in Taoism

In China, the status of dragons is much higher than that of Indians. Because in China, the dragon is sacred, supreme and a symbol of the emperor. It is also the representative of the east, and the five elements belong to wood. Because cyan belongs to wood, there is the saying of Zuo Qinglong and you Bai Hu.

Among these 28 stars, seven stars in the east-Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji-are used as stars. The ancients imagined them as Jackie Chan. Because it is located in the east, the five elements are colored according to yin and yang, and the east is blue, hence the name "Qinglong". There is also a saying that dragons are lustful, and when they meet cows, they give birth to Kirin, and when they meet pigs, they give birth to elephants. Another dragon gave birth to nine sons, unlike the dragon. Here's the thing: the eldest son is called prison cow: he loves music, so he often stands on the piano head. Such as Hu Qin of Han nationality and Qin Sang of Bai nationality. Ma Touqin in Mongolia may also be a variant of prison cattle. The second son's name is Chipi: He loves to kill people, so he is often put on weapons to intimidate the enemy. At the same time, it is used in ceremonial ceremonies to appear more solemn. The third son's name is Mo Chifeng: it is an animal-shaped dragon, which looks a bit like a dog. It is good at viewing, so it is often placed in the corner of the temple. It is said that it can deter demons and eliminate disasters. The first Si Er is not old: people like to growl, so they put it on the clock, mostly the image of not old. It is said that it lives by the sea, but it is very afraid of whales. Once a whale attacks, it screams in fear. Therefore, people make the wooden pestle into the shape of a whale, which makes the bronze bell particularly loud. The fifth son is a sister-in-law: shaped like a lion. It's imported, and it was introduced to China with Buddhism, so it's a bit like Buddha. It is so quiet and likes fireworks. Therefore, it is often placed on the Buddha's seat or incense burner to protect Buddhism. Liuzi is a bully: also called tortoise, he looks like a tortoise. Legend has it that in ancient times, it often carried three mountains and five mountains to make waves. After being appeased by Yu Xia, he made many contributions to Yu Xia. After flood control became an attack, Yu Xia accepted its advantages and let it recover on its own. So China's stone tablets are mostly carried by it. The seventh son is an armadillo: also known as the Charter, it looks like a tiger. According to legend, it upholds justice and can distinguish right from wrong, so it is placed on the top of the sign of silence and avoidance when officials patrol, so as to maintain the awe-inspiring atmosphere of the court. The eighth son is a burden: because he loves literature, he put it in two stone tablets. Mozi is a kiss: also known as fish-shaped dragon, with a tail. According to legend, it was introduced from India with Buddhism around the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It is something under the rain god in Buddhist scriptures, which can put out fires. So the kiss was changed, so it was placed at both ends of the roof to eliminate disasters and put out fires.