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Overview

The beast written 㺊 appears in the Central Wilderness section of the Shenyi jing, with a phonetic note giving its reading as Yang. It resembles a lion, eats people, and makes people ill by blowing upon them. It remains close to settlements and enters houses, bringing suffering to the inhabitants. The Heavenly Emperor responds by moving it into the northern wilderness.

This short narrative gives both the creature’s harmful conduct and its removal from human dwellings. It does not supply horns, wings, or a ritual prescription for curing the resulting illness. The lion comparison is anatomical, while sickness by breath belongs to the tale’s supernatural causation. The exact character and source locator are retained because the ordinary romanized syllable alone could refer to unrelated beings. A real lion photograph would not verify the narrative’s supernatural action.

Sickness-bringing lion-like beast㺊Named Shenyi jing witness
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Origins & earliest records

China; Shenyi jing received text

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Records & interpretation

Directly read named primary-text passage. Hosted introductory discussion disputes attribution to Dongfang Shuo; no secure Han composition date asserted.

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    Shenyi jing

    Traditionally attributed to Dongfang Shuo; attribution disputed

    Central Wilderness; northern sickness-bringing beast; received text and displayed notes distinguished.

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Shenyi jing

Central Wilderness. Central Wilderness; northern sickness-bringing beast

Directly read received-text transcription. Identifying passage: 其狀如獅子，食人，吹人則病，名曰㺊。 Traditional author attribution disputed; no historical scan or illustration assigned.

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  1. Primary-text transcriptionShenyi jing: Central Wilderness; northern sickness-bringing beastResearch access: 2026-10-05

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