The most amazing ancient beast is Qiongqi.
Qiongqi, one of the four evil spirits in ancient Chinese myths and legends, is a descendant of Shaohao, the Western Emperor of Heaven. He was exiled by Shun for breaking his faith, being loyal, and advocating evil words, and moved to the fourth descendant. Yu Mei; together with Chaos, Tao Tie, and Taotie, they are also known as the "four great ferocious beasts" in ancient times.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Hai Nei Bei Jing" records: Qiongqi looks like a tiger, is as big as an ox, and has a pair of wings. Legend has it that Qiongqi: has a ferocious temperament and likes to eat people. Being disloyal and unbelieving, one does not listen to the good words of others, but only listens to the bad words of others.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas"
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is an ancient Chinese book about strange things. It was generally written by the Chu or Bashu people from the middle and late Warring States Period to the early and middle Han Dynasty. It is also an absurd and strange book. The author of the book is unknown. The ancients believed that the book was "written by curious people during the Warring States Period who took the "Biography of King Mu" and miscellaneously recorded "Zhuang", "Lie", "Li Sao", "Book of Zhou" and "Jin Cheng". Modern scholars also believe that the book was not written at one time and the author was not one person.
There are 18 existing chapters in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", and the contents of the remaining chapters have long been lost. The original *** has 22 articles with approximately 32,650 words. ***5 chapters of the Zangshan Sutra, 4 chapters of the Overseas Sutra, 5 chapters of the Overseas Sutra, and 4 chapters of the Great Wilderness Sutra. "Hanshu·Yiwenzhi" contains 13 chapters, not counting the late Dahuang Jing and Hai Nei Jing.
The content of Shan Hai Jing is mainly geographical knowledge in folklore, including mountains, rivers, roads, ethnic groups, products, medicines, sacrifices, witch doctors, etc. It has preserved many popular ancient myths, legends and fables, including Kuafu chasing the sun, Nuwa patching up the sky, Jingwei reclaiming the sea, and Dayu controlling floods.