Zhūhuái

諸懷Zhuhuai

The four-horned ox beast of Mount Beiyue from the Shan Hai Jing: shaped like an ox with four horns, human eyes and pig ears, calling like a goose and eating humans.《山海经》记载北岳山凶兽诸怀：状如巨牛而四角、人目、彘耳，其音如鸣雁，是食人。

Body身形

Like an ox身躯雄伟魁硕若牛

其狀如牛

Horn尖角

Four horns额顶峥嵘生有四角

四角

Voice叫声

Like calling geese长啼激越犹如鸣雁

其音如鳴鴈

Peril凶性

Eats humans生性极凶残噬食人类

是食人

Woodblock print from Gujin Tushu Jicheng showing the four-horned bovine monster Zhuhuai striding menacingly along rocky ridges, inscribed 'Zhuhuai Tu'四角Four horns头生四角四角Four horns头生四角人目Human eyes长有人目人目Human eyes长有人目彘耳Swine ears如猪耳廓彘耳Swine ears如猪耳廓其狀如牛Ox body巨牛身躯其狀如牛Ox body巨牛身躯
有獸焉，其名曰諸懷

There is a beast here; its name is Zhuhuai.

山海經·北山經
諸懷圖, Gujin Tushu Jicheng 古今圖書集成, Qin Chong Dian (Section on Birds and Animals), woodblock print, 1726清·陈梦雷等编《古今图书集成·禽虫典》“諸懷图”，雍正四年（1726）铜活字印本 · Public domain公有领域

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The texts原文

Original Text & Translation原文与译文

山海經·北山經 · 山海經·北山經 · Wikisource

北嶽之山，有獸焉，其狀如牛，而四角、人目、彘耳，其名曰諸懷，其音如鳴鴈，是食人。
There is a beast here shaped like an ox with four horns, human eyes, and pig ears, named Zhuhuai; its sound is like a honking wild goose, and it eats humans.

山海經·北山經 · 山海經·北山經 · Wikisource

北嶽之山，有獸焉，其狀如牛，而四角、人目、彘耳，其名曰諸懷，其音如鳴鴈，是食人。
There is a beast here shaped like an ox with four horns, human eyes, and pig ears, named Zhuhuai; its sound is like a honking wild goose, and it eats humans.

Comparing the Books典籍对比

The Classic of the Northern Mountains warns travelers against the Zhuhuai on Mount Beiyue: a four-horned man-eating bull with human eyes and deceptive goose-like calls.

The story来历与故事

A colossal predatory horror of the northern mountain frontier: built with the crushing mass of a giant wild bull, crowned with four formidable spearlike horns, observing the world through uncanny human eyes and twitching swine ears. Honking like a distant wild goose, it stalks and devours travelers traversing Mount Beiyue.

The Four-Horned Behemoth of Mount Beiyue北岳险隘与四角食人之兽

The Shan Hai Jing states in the Classic of the Northern Mountains that two hundr《山海经·北山经》记载，又北二百里曰北岳之山，多枳棘刚木。在这片荆棘丛生、铁木交

The Shan Hai Jing states in the Classic of the Northern Mountains that two hundred li northward lies Mount Beiyue, densely overgrown with thorn thickets and rigid ironwood. Within these formidable brambles rules the Zhuhuai, a predatory ox equipped with four sprawling horns, unblinking human eyes, and floppy swine ears.

The creature possesses a deceptively aerial call: 'its sound is like a calling wild goose' ('yin ru ming yan'). Hearing what sounds like a benign waterfowl overhead, weary travelers along the Zhuhuai River fail to detect the earth-shaking tread of this four-horned predator until its horns gore them from the underbrush ('shi shi ren').

Chimeric Predators and the Perils of the North上古凶兽谱系与北方边荒戒备

In ancient Chinese bestiaries, the Zhuhuai was grouped among the most dangerous 在华夏凶兽传说谱系中，诸怀与饕餮、穷奇等凶神遥相呼应。古人将家畜（牛、猪）的特征

In ancient Chinese bestiaries, the Zhuhuai was grouped among the most dangerous chimeric carnivores, alongside the Taotie and Qiongqi. Its combination of a domestic beast's frame (ox, pig) with wild horns and human eyes underscored the terrifying instability of frontier nature.

In historical prints and modern fantasy bestiaries, Zhuhuai remains an iconic symbol of primeval brute force, remembered for its haunting goose-like call echoing over barren peaks.

Record档案

Record Card档案卡

TypeFierce Beast (four-horned human-eyed man-eating ox)
Also known asFour-Horned Man-Eating Bull; Goose-Crying Ox
Earliest sourceShan Hai Jing 山海經 (Classic of the Northern Mountains)
PerilAggressive predatory man-eater that ambushes travelers near northern springs
HabitatDwells upon Mount Beiyue among thorn thickets and hard ironwoods
Earliest source山海經·北山經
Source books山海經·北山經
Image sourceChen Menglei 陳夢雷 (ed.) · Wikimedia Commons
LicensePublic domain
Fierce BeastsCalamityShan Hai JingBeast-bodied兽身

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Zhuhuai in Chinese mythology?

The Zhuhuai is a ferocious ox-like man-eater from the Shan Hai Jing with four horns, human eyes, and pig ears. Its sound is like a wild goose.

Where does the Zhuhuai live?

According to the Shan Hai Jing, it lives on Mount Beiyue among dense brambles and hard ironwood trees.

Why does an ox-like beast eat humans?

In early mythic thought, chimeric beasts overturned domestic expectations: despite its bovine build, Zhuhuai was an aggressive apex carnivore.

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