As a masterpiece of ancient myths and legends in China, Shan Hai Jing is the source of the story of the nine-tailed fox. When we open this wonderful book full of witchcraft, it is not difficult to find that the earliest image of the nine-tailed fox is full of fierce and surly beasts.
Shanhaijing Overseas East longitude: Qingqiu country is in the north, and its fox has four feet in Kyubi no Youko. One is in Chaoyang North.
"Shan Hai Jing Nan Shan Jing" is written like this: 300 miles east, named the mountain of Qingqiu. Its yang is rich in jade, and its yin is green. There is a wild animal that looks like a fox and Kyubi no Youko and sounds like a baby. It can eat people, but the people who eat them are not cunning. In the myth system of Shan Hai Jing, the nine-tailed fox is a monster that can eat people very much. Sounds like a baby, full of charm. However, it is worth noting that the earliest records about the nine-tailed fox are still concentrated on its habits and characteristics such as "cannibalism" and "sound like a baby", and there is no legendary color such as magical beauty passed down from later generations. The story of the nine-tailed fox in this period seems unremarkable, and it is more a record of the ancient people observing the natural state.
The image-building of Dayu's wife Tu Shanshi and the story of the early nine-tailed fox: The lost article in the book Yiwenhui Volume 99 Xiangrui Man Fox quoted Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals to tell an interesting story about Dayu's wife Tu Shanshi: Yu left Tu Shan at the age of 30 for fear of losing his children at dusk. Words: My marriage must be rewarded. White fox, built in 1000. Yu said: White family, I also take it. Kyubi no Youko, its card also. So the Tushan people sang: White fox, Kyubi no Youko is fat, married into the WTO, married me, and married a Tushan woman.
The central idea of the story is to be an older young man. He is thirty years old and hasn't got married. When passing through Tu Shan, some people worry that he will have no offspring when he is old. Yu refused to say that if I got married, there would be an induced effect. It happened that the white fox appeared in the local area, and Yu said that this is the evidence that I want to get married here. So the local people sang songs to commemorate this event.
The story of Dayu's marriage was full of prophetic colors in the Han Dynasty, which showed that the nine-tailed fox was a symbol of good fortune in the eyes of people in the Qin and Han Dynasties. As a wife, Tu Shanshi is also a good wife who supports her husband's water conservancy cause. It is said that Dayu once went home because he turned into a bear and frightened his wife. Tu Shanshi hurried out of the house, but was soon caught up by Yu, and Tu Shanshi turned into a stone. Dayu was impatient and shouted "Give back my son" to the stone, so the stone cracked. This story more vividly reflects the reality that Yu is difficult to control water and care for his family.