Dāngkāng
The tusked piglet-like beast of Mount Qin from the Shan Hai Jing: it calls its own name, and when it is seen there is a great harvest.《山海经》记载钦山之中兆丰年之瑞兽当康：其状如豚而有牙，其鸣自叫，见则天下大穰。
Body身形
Like a piglet样子像小猪
其狀如豚
Tusks獠牙
Has tusks长着獠牙
而有牙
Call叫声
Calls its own name叫声就是自己的名字
其鳴自叫
Omen祥瑞
Bountiful harvest出现则天下大丰收
見則天下大穰
有獸焉，其名曰當康There is a beast here; its name is Dangkang.
山海經·東山經
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The texts原文
The Shan Hai Jing gives one short entry: a tusked, piglet-like beast that calls its own name and whose appearance means a great harvest. The 1726 print draws a running boar.
The story来历与故事
The auspicious beast of Mount Qin in the Shan Hai Jing: like a piglet but with tusks, it calls its own name, and when it is seen there is a great harvest under heaven.
Dangkang is an auspicious beast dwelling upon Mount Qin.《东山经》记载当康在多金玉而无石的钦山。
In the Classic of the Eastern Mountains, Dangkang lives on Mount Qin, two hundred li southeast of the previous mountain.
Mount Qin is rich in gold and jade without stone, where the Shi River flows north into the Gao Marsh.
It resembles a piglet with tusks and foretells a bumper harvest.经文记其状如豚而有牙，其鸣自叫，见则天下大穰。
The text describes Dangkang as resembling a piglet but with tusks.
Its cry sounds like calling its own name, and its appearance foretells an abundant harvest across the realm.
The Gujin Tushu Jicheng draws it as a running boar with tusks.《古今图书集成》画它为一头有獠牙、正在奔跑的野猪。
The Gujin Tushu Jicheng print draws Dangkang as a running wild boar on a plain background.
Its snout is raised, a tusk shows at the mouth, and all four hooves are off the ground.
Record档案
| Type | Auspicious Beast (harvest-bringing tusked boar of Mount Qin) |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Dangkang 當康 |
| Earliest source | Shan Hai Jing 山海經 (Classic of the Eastern Mountains, c. 4th–2nd c. BCE) |
| Dwelling | Mount Qin (欽山), where the Shi River flows into the Gao Marsh |
| Call | Calls its own name (其鳴自叫) |
| Omen | Bountiful harvest across the realm (見則天下大穰) |
| Earliest source | 山海經·東山經 |
| Source books | 山海經·東山經 |
| Image source | Chen Menglei 陳夢雷 (ed.) · Wikimedia Commons |
| License | Public domain |
The Shan Hai Jing says that when Dangkang is seen, there is a great harvest under heaven.
The Classic of the Eastern Mountains describes it as pig-like with tusks, calling its own name.
It lives on Mount Qin, which has much gold and jade and no stone, and where the Shi River rises.
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