1. Ancient Myth There is a famous myth about Yu marrying Tu Shanshi's daughter, which was recorded in the Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu Chu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (the original text was not found). This myth says that when I arrived in Tushan, I saw a white fox with nine tails and heard the song of the white fox with nine tails sung by Tushan people. He felt that his marriage should be here, so he married a woman from Tushan. The mythical white fox with nine tails was changed by a female in the heaped-up mountains, and the white fox with nine tails was a spirit beast in the heaped-up mountains. If you marry a woman from Tu Shan, you will be happy and prosperous. So, when Yu met Tushan Fox, he really met Tushan and decided to marry her.
Second, the fox spirit is one of the common figures in China's legends. In Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio and Notes of Yuewei Caotang, there are countless stories about fox spirits and foxes. "Charming", "evil", "immortal", "mysterious" and "cunning" can be said to be the most obvious feelings of China people when they think of "fox".
In fact, according to biological theory, fox and raccoon are two kinds of animals, but people are used to it, and they are collectively called foxes. Only foxes are immortal, raccoons seem to be just vulgar things.
Fourthly, foxes also appear in the Book of Songs-"Feng Wei, the national wind, has foxes" and "Biqiliang has foxes. If you are worried about your heart, your son has no clothes. "
Five, the nine-tailed fox, first appeared in Shan Hai Jing. "On the Qingqiu Mountain, there are beasts, like foxes, like Kyubi no Youko, and like babies. They can eat people, and those who eat them are not in danger." (Shan Hai Jing Nan Shan Jing) "Qingqiu country is in the north, and its fox has four feet in Kyubi no Youko." Shan Hai Jing. Overseas east longitude. The fox, in the traditional culture of China, has always been a clear image of good and evil. The nine-tailed fox in Shan Hai Jing is a monster that can "eat people".
Six, to the Han Dynasty stone, brick paintings, often nine-tailed fox, white rabbit, toad, three-legged owl listed next to the Queen Mother of the West to show good luck, nine-tailed fox symbolizes the interests of future generations (see "White Tiger with Tongde Theory. Closing Zen "). The legend of "cannibalism" gradually faded away, and the theory of "for Switzerland" gradually appeared.
Seven, the Eastern Han Dynasty "Shuo Wen Jie Zi", Xie Hu is a "monster beast, ghosts ride on it". It can be seen that foxes have aura, which was recognized thousands of years ago. Later, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the fox was visited by people in the temple, which was very popular. Zhang Kun's book "A Book of Ruling and Ruling" in the Tang Dynasty said: "Since the early Tang Dynasty, the people have been obsessed with fox spirits ... There was a saying at that time: without fox spirits, there would be no village." By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the image of the fox was more abundant. Da ji, the most famous image of the nine-tailed fox, appeared at that time (that is, the Romance of the Gods) and appeared in the famous The Journey to the West.
Eight, the fox is fake-"Warring States Policy Chu Ce I" "The tiger seeks the beasts and eats them, and it gets the fox. The fox said,' I dare not eat. God has made me grow all kinds of animals, and it's against the sky to eat me now. I don't believe you. I'm the first and I'm the second. Are all the animals afraid to leave when they see me? The tiger thinks so, so he follows, and the beast sees it and leaves. Tigers don't know that wild animals are afraid of themselves, but they think they are afraid of foxes. "
In the eyes of the Japanese, civet cats are mysterious animals. They will create an illusion in a way similar to a smoke screen. Their bodies can be changed into any shape, or their leaves can be changed into money to deceive people.
That's all we can find. The fox has a long history. Hehe, I learned it from the landlord.