Nine kinds of dragons! What are the nine types? The meaning of the nine kinds of dragons

龙生九种 [lóng shēng jiǔ zhǒng].

Interpretation] is a metaphor for siblings with different qualities and hobbies. Same as "the dragon gave birth to nine sons".

Legend has it that the Dragon King of the East China Sea gave birth to nine sons, each with different personalities and strengths.

Legend has it that the Dragon King of the East China Sea gave birth to nine sons, each with different personalities and strengths. The eldest son prisoner bull likes **, the second insect likes to attack and kill, the third laughs like to explore, the fourth Pu Lao likes to chirp, the old five is good to sit, the old six likes to carry weights, the old seven likes to litigate, the old eight are good at writing, and the old nine insects are easy to swallow.

It is now used as a metaphor for siblings with different qualities and hobbies.

We Chinese worship dragons, and the so-called "dragons give birth to nine species, and nine species are different". Which nine? In "Journey to the West", the Dragon King of the West Sea said to Sun Wukong:

The first little yellow dragon, see Ju Huaidu; the second little dragon, see the dwelling Jidu; the third green-backed dragon, which occupies Jiangdu; the fourth red-haired dragon, guarding the river; the fifth vain dragon, with the Buddha Si Zhong; the sixth Stable Beast Dragon, with the Divine Officer Ridge; the seventh Jing Zhonglong, and the Jade Emperor guarded the Tianhua watch; The eighth mirage, in the brothers' place in Taiyue. This is the ninth dragon, because he is young and has no deacons, he has lived in the Heishui River since the old years, and when he becomes famous, don't move to call, who knows that he does not obey my will and collides with the great sage. ”

It is commonly said that the dragon gives birth to nine sons, each with its own good. Xu Yingqiu's "Yuzhitang Talks, Longsheng Nine Sons" quotes Dongyang's "Huailu Tang Collection": "Longsheng Nine Sons Do Not Become Dragons, Each Has Its Good, Prisoner Cow, Life is Good**, Now Huqin is engraved on his head.

Jianxi, easy to kill in his life, the dragon swallowing mouth on the handle of the golden knife is his posthumous image. Mocking the wind, life is dangerous, the horned beast of the temple is its remains. Pu Lao, life is good, the beast button on the clock is its remains.

Fierce, good to sit in life, the lion of the Buddha is its remains. Domineering, life is a good burden, and the stele beast is a posthumous image. He is a fierce man, and he is a litigious person, and the lion on the prison gate is his remains.

Negative tuan, good life, Wenlong on both sides of the monument is its posthumous image. The kiss is easy to swallow in life, and the spine beast of this hall is its posthumous image. "Tianlu Zhiyu Dragon Species":

It is said that there are nine kinds of dragons, each has its own good, one is called a turtle, the shape is like a turtle, it is good to bear the weight, and the turtle falls under the stone tablet today; The second is said to be a kiss, similar to Zeng, sexual hope, and the head of the beast on the house is also; The three are said to be Pu Lao, which resembles a dragon and is small, and the sex is good and roaring, and the star is also a superior star today; The four are said to be fierce, like a tiger with power, so they stand at the prison gate; Five is said to be gluttonous and good food, so it stands on the top cover; Sixth, it is said that the beetle pit has a good nature, so it stands on the bridge pillar; Seven said to be eyelid, good to kill, so stand in the knife ring; Eight said Jin Qi, shaped like a lion, like a good fireworks, so stand in the incense burner; Nine pepper figures, shaped like snails, good and closed, so stand in the door. ”

One of the sayings of "Dragon Gives Birth to Nine Sons" is from Li Dongyang's "Huailu Tang Collection" in the Ming Dynasty, and the nine sons of the dragon are:

One of them: the boss prisoner cow (qiúniú).

Lao 2 睚眦 (yázì).

Lao San mocks the wind (cháofēng).

Old four púláo

老五狻猊 (suānní).

老六赑屃 (bìxì).

老七狴犴 (bì'àn).

老八失屃 (fùxì).

老九螭kiss 鸱尾 (chīwěn chīwěi) (二): 老大赑屃 (bìxì).

Lao Er 螭 Kiss 鸱尾 (chīwěn chīwěi) Lao San 蒲寀 (púláo).

老四狴犴 (bì'àn).

老五饕餮 (tāotiè).

Lao Liu (worm eight) (worm summer) (bāxià).

老七睚眦 (yázì).

老八狻猊 (suānní).

Old Nine Pepper Diagram (jiāotú).

Some theories also include the cockroach, the unicorn, the roar towards the sky (犼), and the pixiu as one of the dragons.

The dragon gave birth to nine sons means that the dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the nine sons did not become dragons, each of which was different. The so-called "dragon gives birth to nine sons" does not mean that the dragon happens to give birth to nine sons. In traditional Chinese culture, nine is used to represent a lot, with supreme status, nine is an imaginary number, but also a valuable number, so it is used to describe the dragon.

The saying that the dragon has nine sons has a long history, but there is no theory about which nine animals there are, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that various theories appeared. Some scholars' notes in the Ming Dynasty, such as Lu Rong's "Shuyuan Miscellaneous Records", Li Dongyang's "Huailu Tang Collection", Yang Shen's "Sheng'an Collection", Li Xu's "The Old Man's Writing of the Ring Nunnery", Xu Yingqiu's "Yuzhitang Tan Yun", etc., all have records of the situation of the dragons, but they are not uniform.