As the saying goes, dragons give birth to nine sons . But which nine sons are these nine sons ? It

老大 赑屃 (bìxì).

Lao 2 螭kiss 鸱尾 (chīwěn chīwěi) Lao 3 蒲牢 (púláo).

老四 狴犴 (bì'àn).

老五 饕餮 (tāotiè).

The sixth is lying on the pit viper.

Lao Qi's eyes.

Lao Ba Jin Li.

Lao Jiu Pepper Diagram.

There are two versions of the Nine Sons of the Dragon:

1. Prison Ox, Jianxi, Mocking Wind, Pu Prison, Fox, Cunning, Cunning, Negative, Kissing.

2. Cunning, Kissing, Pugao, Raccoon, Gluttony, Gluttony, Crub, Jianjiao, Pepper.

At the same time, some people also list the cockroach, the roar towards the sky, and the pixiu as one of the dragons. The Qilin is not one of the nine sons of the dragon. But Qilin is Ying Long's grandchild, "Huainanzi Topographical Training":

The hairy calf should give birth to the dragon, the dragon should give birth to the horse, the horse should give birth to the unicorn, the unicorn gives birth to the beast, and the hairy one is born in the beast", which is also the length of the caterpillar among the five insects.

What are the nine sons of the dragon?

We often use "the dragon gives birth to nine sons" to compare the respective strengths of siblings, although "nine" is a virtual finger, but there are always good people who want to put the legendary beast on the set, which nine animals have not been said, until the Ming Dynasty appeared a variety of sayings.

One said that the prisoner cow (the eldest ) the second (the second) the mocking wind (the third) the pu prison (the fourth) the sinister (the fifth) the sixth (the sixth) the seventh (the seventh) the eighth (the eighth) the nine (the ninth) the other said the swag (the eldest) the second (the second) the third (the third) the fourth (the fourth) the gluttonous (the fifth) the vile (the sixth) the seventh (the seventh) the sinister (the eighth) the pepper (the ninth).

老大 prisoner cow, 老二 睚眦 (yá·zì), 老三 mocking wind (cháofēng), 老四 蒲寀 (púláo), 老五 狻猊 (suān'ní), 老六 赑屃 (bìxì), 老七 狴犴 (bì'àn), 老八 negative 屃 (fùxì), and 老九 螭kiss (chīwěn chīwěi), some also include 螭, unilin, chaotian roar (犼), and pixiu as one of the dragons.

Boss Prison Cow.

老二 睚眦 (yá·zì).

老三 mock wind (cháofēng).

Lao Si 蒲寀 (púláo).

老五 狻猊 (suān'ní).

老六 霸下 (bā·xià).

老七 狴犴 (bì'àn).

老八 negative 屃 (fù xì), 老九 螭kiss (chīwěn chīwěi).