What are the four beasts corresponding to the four beasts?

The four great beasts are gluttony, Qiong Qi, shyness and chaos.

The four great beasts are Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu.

The four great beasts are the legendary beasts in ancient China, namely, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu, which belong to the combination of ancient mythology and astronomy. Four kinds of animals are represented by different colors: oriental cyan is wood, western white is gold, southern red is fire, northern black is water, and middle yellow is earth. In addition, Huainanzi mentioned that Huanglong, one of the five dragons, is in the middle, which is the length of four beasts.

Extended data

1, Si Meng, four demons exiled from Shun Di in ancient times in China myths and legends. These four murderers are recorded in Zuo Zhuan and Historical Records, but their contents are different. "Zuo Zhuan Wen Zhuan Gong Eighteen Years" said: "Yao, a guest in four doors, gave up chaos and gluttony in the four fierce families and voted for the fourth to resist the charm."

2. The descriptions in Historical Records of the Five Emperors are: Di Hong's incompetent scholar is chaotic, Shaoluo's incompetent scholar is Qiong Qi, Zhuan Xu's incompetent scholar is chaotic, which are collectively called "three evils" and Jinyun's incompetent scholar is gluttonous.

3. The four great beasts are also four of the "six beasts" corresponding to the hexagrams in Zhouyi, which are collectively called "six gods", namely Qinglong, Suzaku, Gouchen, Tengshe, Baihu and Xuanwu. They not only represent the five elements and directions, but also reflect the information of the hexagrams.

reference data

Four murderers-Baidu Encyclopedia

Four Great Beasts-Baidu Encyclopedia