In which texts is it mentioned?

The green dragon and the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the Xuanwu.

All are sons of dragons. It is commonly said that the dragon gives birth to nine sons, each with its own good. Xu Yingqiu's "Yuzhitang Talks, Dragons Give Birth to Nine Sons" quotes Dongyang's "Huailu Hall Collection":

The dragon gave birth to nine sons and did not become a dragon, each with its own good, a prisoner cow, a good life**, and now the head of the Huqin is engraved with his posthumous image. 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 with its own good, one is called a turtle, similar to a turtle, good load, and the turtle under the stone tablet is also; 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" of the Ming Dynasty, and the nine sons of the dragon are:

Top Name.

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).

老六 趴蝮 (bāxià).

老七 睚眦 (yázì).

老八 金猊 (jinní).

老九 椒图 (jiāotú).

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

狴犴: bi (fourth tone) an (fourth tone).

Gluttony: tao (first tone) tie (fourth tone).

狻猊: suan (first tone) ni (second tone).

狻猊 (pinyin: suānní), also known as Jin 猊, Lingyi. It was originally another name for a lion.

Legend has it that the dragon gave birth to one of the nine sons, shaped like a lion, and likes to smoke and sit, so the image generally appears on the incense burner, and then swallows smoke and spits smoke. The lion, an animal that even tigers and leopards dare to eat, and has a very lofty appearance, was introduced to China with Buddhism. Since the Buddha Shakyamuni has"Fearless lion"As a metaphor, people naturally arranged it as a seat for the Buddha, or carved it on the incense burner for him to enjoy the incense.

The sound of sour mud is the same as that of sour mud.

The lion and the wild horse walked five hundred miles. The Biography of Mu Tianzi

One: Wooden Pixiu is generally placed on the roof, in order to protect the safety of the town, and the name is changed to "ward off evil".

Two: porcelain and stone Pixiu are mostly placed in the cemetery, which is the patron saint of the cemetery, but once Pixiu is placed in the cemetery, the name is changed to Tianzhen.

Three: Copper Pixiu is rare, and it is generally placed in the big hotel in order to gather wealth.

Four: Pixiu made of jade is accepted by the people. And because the jade itself has a certain spirituality, especially after the mage enlightened, the Pixiu after the opening of the fortune can not achieve the effect of attracting wealth and gathering wealth, and the jade Pixiu is generally placed in the wealth position at home or carried with it.

狻猊: suānní

Foxy, one of the nine sons of the dragon in the legend, is shaped like a lion, likes smoke and sits well, so the image generally appears on the incense burner, and then swallows smoke and spits smoke.

赑屃bìxì

狴犴bì'àn

蒲寀 púláo

Prison cow qiúniú

Pepper figure jiāotú

Chīwěn

狻猊: suānní

睚眦yázì

Gluttony tāotiè