the Nine Offspring of the Dragon 龍生九子不成龍

Children of Dragon







Pulao in Changchun Temple, Wuhan







Qianlong-era bixi near Marco Polo Bridge, Beijing


Several Ming Dynasty texts list what were claimed as the Nine Offspring of the Dragon (龍生九子), and subsequently these feature prominently in popular Chinese stories and writings. The scholar Xie Zhaozhe (謝肇淛, 1567–1624) in his work Wu Za Zu (五雜俎, ca. 1592) gives the following listing, as rendered by M.W. de Visser:


A well-known work of the end of the sixteenth century, the Wuzazu 五雜俎, informs us about the nine different young of the dragon, whose shapes are used as ornaments according to their nature. The [pulao 蒲牢], dragons which like to cry, are represented on the tops of bells, serving as handles. The [qiuniu 囚牛], which like music, are used to adorn musical instruments. The [chiwen 螭吻/鴟吻], which like swallowing, are placed on both ends of the ridgepoles of roofs (to swallow all evil influences). The [chaofeng 嘲風], lion-like beasts which like precipices, are placed on the four corners of roofs. The [yazi 睚眦/睚眥], which like to kill, serve as ornaments of sword-grips. The [bixi 贔屭], which have the shape of the [chilong 螭龍], and are fond of literature, are represented on the sides of grave-monuments. The [bi'an 狴犴], which like litigation, are placed over prison gates (in order to keep guard). The [suanni 狻猊], which like to sit down, are represented upon the bases of Buddhist idols (under the Buddhas' or Bodhisattvas' feet). The [baxia 霸下], finally, big tortoises which like to carry heavy objects, are placed under grave-monuments. Further, the same author enumerates nine other kinds of dragons, which are represented as ornaments of different objects or buildings according to their liking prisons, water, the rank smell of newly caught fish or newly killed meat, wind and rain, ornaments, smoke, shutting the mouth (used for adorning key-holes), standing on steep places (placed on roofs), and fire.[16]



http://www.kanko.com.cn/kanko.com.cn/countrynews/Ming_QingChao_Huang_Qun_BeiJingGu_Gu/




http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kojikosobe/m/200908

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対不起～我消去我的博客朋友以外写的留言


龍には、「龍生九子」と言って、９匹の子どもがいるそうで、
それぞれ違った姿をしていて、性格や好みも違うとか
龍には、なれなかったそうですが・・・
各々の子どもが、各々の性格に適った場所で活躍しています。
こんな子たちです。

The dragon has "nine dragon sons",each has a different appearance, personality and preferences seemed to be different.
but they could not be dragon...
each children success on place where each character can have a chemistry.
Here the children of such,