Strange beasts in ancient legends of China.
In the stone carvings and brick paintings of the Han Dynasty, there are often nine-tailed foxes and white rabbits, and the genera of toads and three-legged owls are carved next to the Queen Mother of the West to show good luck.
The nine-tailed fox symbolizes the interests of future generations and is also the legacy of marrying Tu Shanshi's daughter. Later generations regarded the "cannibal" nine-tailed fox as a demon. In the Six Dynasties, Lori noted Qian Wen Zi and Zhou Fa Yin Tang, and called da ji the nine-tailed fox. Shen Fengbang, a novel in the Ming Dynasty, gave full play to his theory, so he became the title of temptress.
Shan Hai Jing Nan Shan Jing: "[Mountain of Qingqiu] has beasts, like foxes, like Kyubi no Youko, and sounds like babies. It can eat people, but the people who eat it are not strange. " Guo Pu's Note: "That is, the nine-tailed fox."
Zhao Ye of the Han Dynasty wrote The Spring and Autumn Period of Wu Yue. "Biography of the King of Yue": "If Yu doesn't marry for 30 years, he will lose control at dusk. This is a proverb: "If I get married, I will have to respond." There is a white fox with nine tails, which is made by Yu. Yu said:' The man in white is my clothes and the card of the king. Tu Shan's song says: Year-old white fox, Kyubi no Youko Longlong. My family Jiayi, guests are king. There is a home and a house, and I make it prosperous. On the occasion of heaven and man, you are there, you do it. Yi Ming! Yu was called because he married Tu Shan. "
Song Zhaoling's Backstreet Record Volume 8: "Qiantang official prostitute, with good charm, is called Kyubi no Youko Wild Fox."
The nine-tailed fox first appeared in Shan Hai Jing. "On the Qingqiu Mountain, there are beasts, like foxes, like Kyubi no Youko, and like babies. They can eat people, and those who eat them are not in danger." ("Shan Hai Jing Nan Shan Jing") "Qingqiu country is in the north, and its fox has four feet in Kyubi no Youko." Shanhai passes overseas east longitude. The fox, in the traditional culture of China, has always been an image with both good and evil (according to the formal statement, the fox and the raccoon are two kinds of animals, but people take it for granted that only the fox is a fairy, and the raccoon seems to be just a vulgar thing). The nine-tailed fox in Shan Hai Jing is a monster that can "eat people". Later, in the stone carvings and brick paintings of the Han Dynasty, the nine-tailed fox, the white rabbit, the toad and the three-legged dog were often listed next to the Queen Mother of the West to show good luck, and the nine-tailed fox symbolized the numerous interests of future generations (see White Tiger on Dehe Zen). The legend of "cannibalism" gradually faded away, and the theory of "for Switzerland" gradually appeared. But it is also in the Eastern Han Dynasty's Shuo Wen Jie Zi that Xie Hu is a "talented beast, and ghosts ride on it". It can be seen that foxes have aura, which was recognized thousands of years ago. Later, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the fox was visited by people in the temple, which was very popular. Zhang Kun's book "A Book of Ruling and Ruling" in the Tang Dynasty said: "Since the early Tang Dynasty, people have been very concerned about foxes ... There was a saying at that time: without foxes, there would be no villages." By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the image of the fox was more abundant. The most famous image of da ji among the nine-tailed foxes appeared at that time (Romance of the Gods), and the stories of fox spirits and foxes are even more numerous in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio and Notes of Yuewei Caotang. "Charming", "evil", "immortal", "mysterious" and "cunning" can be said to be the most obvious feelings of China people when they think of "fox".