Mènghuái
The red-bristled badger beast of Mount Qiaoming in the Shan Hai Jing: crying like liuliu, it wards off evil and misfortune.《山海经》记载谯明山瑞兽：状如猪獾而赤鬃，其音如榴榴，可以御凶。
Body身形
Like a badger形貌宛若猪獾
其狀如貆
Coat鬃毛
Crimson bristles颈背生有赤鬃
赤豪
Voice鸣声
Cries like liuliu鸣叫如榴榴声
其音如榴榴
Power效用
Wards off evil畜养可御凶邪
可以禦凶
有獸焉，其名曰孟槐There is a beast here; its name is Menghuai.
山海經·北山經
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The texts原文
The Shan Hai Jing honors Menghuai as a protective badger-like talismanic animal whose red bristles ward away malevolent influences.
The story来历与故事
The red-bristled protective beast of Mount Qiaoming in the Shan Hai Jing: resembling a badger with a call like liuliu, keeping it wards off evil.
Menghuai is a badger-like beast of Mount Qiaoming.《北山经》记载谯明之山多青雄黄，其中有兽名曰孟槐。
In the Classic of the Northern Mountains, the creature Menghuai lives upon Mount Qiaoming, four hundred li north of Mount Danxun.
The classic notes that Mount Qiaoming possesses neither trees nor grasses, but is rich in blue-green realgar.
It has red bristles, calls like liuliu, and wards off evil.经文记其状如貆而赤豪，其音如榴榴，可以御凶。
The Shan Hai Jing describes Menghuai as shaped like a badger, with long stiff red hairs bristling from its crest.
Its voice chatters with a brisk call like liuliu, and ancient lore celebrated it as an auspicious guardian beast capable of warding off baleful calamities.
Woodblock prints illustrate it with a raised mane and alert claws.《古今图书集成》画其为一头颈披长鬃、昂首阔步的健壮神兽。
The 1726 imperial encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng depicts Menghuai as a bristled canine-badger quadruped pacing with an alert snarl.
The woodblock print illustrates its raised neck mane, bared teeth, and sturdy claws poised upon open ground.
Record档案
| Type | Auspicious Beast (red-bristled badger of Mount Qiaoming) |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Mènghuái 孟槐; Menghuai Beast (孟槐之獸) |
| Habitat | Mount Qiaoming (譙明之山) in the Northern Mountains, near the headwaters of the Jiao River |
| Effect | Can be kept to ward off evil and bad omens (可以禦凶) |
| Earliest source | 山海經·北山經 |
| Source books | 山海經·北山經 |
| Image source | Chen Menglei 陳夢雷 (ed.) · Wikimedia Commons |
| License | Public domain |
The classic describes it as a beast shaped like a badger with red bristles ('shaped like a badger with red bristles').
Ancient texts record that its cry sounds like 'liuliu' ('its sound is like liuliu').
The classic states that it can be used to ward off evil and misfortune ('can ward off evil').
