Gǔdiāo
The man-eating horned beast from the Shan Hai Jing: eagle-like yet horned, crying like an infant, and preying upon humans in southern streams.《山海经》记载鹿吴山泽更水中的食人角兽：状如雕而有角，其音如婴儿之音，以人为食。
Form外形
Like an eagle样子像雕
其狀如雕
Horn头角
Bears a horn头上有角
而有角
Voice叫声
Cries like an infant叫声像婴儿
其音如嬰兒之音
Peril凶性
Eats human beings会吃人
是食人
水有獸焉，名曰蠱雕In the water there is a beast named Gudiao.
山海經·南山經
Horned spotted beast in Ming edition明代格致丛书本题为蛊雕 — Also a horned spotted beast; the spots are short strokes and the tail is tufted同样是有角的斑点兽，斑点画成短线，尾端成簇
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The texts原文
The Shan Hai Jing gives one line: a horned, eagle-like beast in the water that cries like an infant and eats people. Both woodblock prints draw it as a horned, spotted four-legged beast instead.
The story来历与故事
The man-eating horned beast of Mount Luwu in the Shan Hai Jing: resembling an eagle with a horn, it cries like a human infant and dwells in the waters to prey upon people.
Gudiao is a man-eating horned beast in the Zegeng River of Mount Luwu.《南山经》记载蛊雕居于鹿吴山之泽更水中。
In the Classic of the Southern Mountains, Gudiao dwells in the Zegeng River of Mount Luwu, where neither grass nor trees grow.
The Zegeng River flows southward to pour into the Pang waters.
It resembles an eagle with a horn and cries like a human infant.经文说它状如雕而有角，叫声像婴儿，会吃人。
The classical entry states that its form resembles an eagle yet bears a horn upon its head.
Its voice sounds like the crying of a human infant, and it preys upon people.
Woodblock prints depict it as a spotted quadruped rather than a bird.《古今图书集成》画其为四足角兽，明胡文焕本亦作斑点兽形。
The Gujin Tushu Jicheng print draws Gudiao not as a bird but as a four-legged beast with a horn.
Its body is covered in spots and it walks on four legs, while the text says it looks like an eagle.
Hu Wenhuan's 1593 edition likewise shows a spotted, horned four-legged beast, inscribed Gudiao.
Record档案
| Type | Fierce Beast (man-eating horned water beast of Mount Luwu) |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Gudiao 蠱雕 (one variant reading: 纂雕) |
| Earliest source | Shan Hai Jing 山海經 (Classic of the Southern Mountains, c. 4th–2nd c. BCE) |
| Dwelling | Zegeng River of Mount Luwu (鹿吳之山·澤更之水), which flows into the Pang waters |
| Nature | A beast in the water that eats people (水有獸焉……是食人) |
| Earliest source | 山海經·南山經 |
| Source books | 山海經·南山經 |
| Image source | Chen Menglei 陳夢雷 (ed.) · Wikimedia Commons |
| License | Public domain |
The text states that Gudiao lives in Mount Luwu's Zegeng River, looks like an eagle with a horn, sounds like an infant, and eats humans.
While the text says it is shaped like an eagle, the Gujin Tushu Jicheng and Ming woodblocks both depict it as a horned spotted quadruped.
It lives in the Zegeng River on Mount Luwu, a mountain with no grass or trees but much metal and stone.
One more?再看一只？
Draw another creature随机抽一只怪
