| Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1839 - 674 sivua
...quadrupeds, so is the phoenix the most honorable among the feathered tribes. It is described by one author, ' as resembling a wild swan before, and a unicorn behind...virtues, and it is five cubits in height ; the tail is gradated like Pandean pipes, and its song resembles the music of that instrument, having five modulations.... | |
| Mrs. Willoughby Hodgson - 1907 - 284 sivua
...cock, the neck of a snake, the tail of a fish, the forehead of a crane, the crown of a mandarin duck, the stripes of a dragon, and the vaulted back of a tortoise. It has the five colours of the five virtues, and is five cubits in height; the tail is graduated like... | |
| Charles Alfred Speed Williams, China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu - 1920 - 624 sivua
...resembling a wild swan before and a unicorn behind ; it has the throat of a swallow, the bill of a cock, the neck of a snake, the tail of a fi.sh, the forehead...vaulted back of a tortoise. The feathers have five colours, which are named 170 PICTURE after the five cardinal virtues, and it is five cubits in height;... | |
| Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North China Branch, Shanghai - 1920 - 872 sivua
...before and a unicorn behind ; it has the throat of a swallow, the bill of a cock, the neck of asnake, the tail of a fish, the forehead of a crane, the crown...vaulted back of a tortoise. The feathers have five colours, which are named after the> five cardinal virtues and it is five cubits in height ; the tail... | |
| Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson - 1924 - 478 sivua
...resembles a wild swan before and a unicorn behind; it has the throat of a swallow, the bill of a cock, the neck of a snake, the tail of a fish, the forehead...vaulted back of a tortoise. The feathers have five colours which are named after the five cardinal virtues, and it is five cubits in height; the tail... | |
| Alfred Fowler - 1925 - 40 sivua
...Chiny," says I, "says the Phoenix has the throat of a swallow, the bill of a cock, the neck of a sarpent, the tail of a fish, the forehead of a crane, the crown of a mandarin drake, the stripes of a dragon, the back of a tortoise. The feathers have five colors, which are named after the five cardinal virtues,... | |
| Genevieve Wimsatt - 1927 - 324 sivua
...Huang as "resembling a wild swan before and unicorn behind; it has the throat of a swallow, the bill of a crane, the crown of a mandarin drake, the stripes...five cubits in height. The tail is graduated like pipes, and its song resembles that instrument, having five modulations." This mystic bird described... | |
| Thomas Philip Terry - 1928 - 1262 sivua
...resembling a wild swan before and a unicorn behind; it has the throat of a swallow, the bill uf a cock, the neck of a snake, the tail of a fish, the forehead...five cubits in height; the tail is graduated like 1'Hndean pipes, and its song resembles the music of that instrument, having five modulations.' Virtue,... | |
| Amy Lowell - 1925 - 648 sivua
...resembles a wild swan before and a unicorn behind; it has the throat of a swallow, the bill of a cock, the neck of a snake, the tail of a fish, the forehead...vaulted back of a tortoise. The feathers have five colours which are named after the five cardinal virtues, and it is five cubits in height; the tail... | |
| 1882 - 788 sivua
...walks, it looks around; as it flies, hosts of birds follow it." Another writer states that it "resembles a wild swan before and a unicorn behind; it has the...colors, which are named after the five cardinal virtues, J and it is five cubits in height; the tail is graduated like Pandean pipes, and its song resembles... | |
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