What do you mean, god beast?

In the ancient mythology of China, the god beast refers to the strange-looking and magical creatures such as Kirin, Phoenix, Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu.

Now it is used to refer to all people who do incredible things or animals that many people like. For example: children at home, "academic cats" of China University of Science and Technology, cloned sheep of Northwest A&F University, modern single dog and so on.

God beast is also the name of children by netizens on the Internet. Using the word "god beast" to describe children is by no means a compliment, but a bitter irony and a helpless frivolity.

Interpretation by reference:

A magical beast. Quoting "Nine Chapters of Chu Ci Involved in the River" and "Driving Youth and Chiu", Han notes: "Qiu, Qiu, God beast, should be driven." Sun Jinchu's "Xiang Feng Fu": "The god beast has a book, and the soul bird has a book."

Lv Guang in the Book of Jin: "There is a black object outside the camp at night, as big as a broken dike, shaking its head. If its eyes flash, it just smiles and says,' Black Dragon'." Du said to Yu Guang,' Dragons are beasts, and people regard them as symbols of profit.' Fu Ruizhi, Book of Song Dynasty: "Zhou Zhiyin, the name of the beast, and the change of the stars. The king's virtue is coming. "

Most of these creatures can't find entities in reality, but the composition of their images comes from reality. China used some ancient gods and beasts in divination, especially Daoism and Liu Yi.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-God Beast