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“WHAT ARE THE FOUR INTELLIGENT CREATURES?

They are:

the Unicorn, the Phoenix, the Tortoise

and the Dragon.”

(何 謂 四 靈 _°麟 鳳 龜 龍 _°謂 之 四 靈 _°)

Legge: Lî Jì (禮 記), Bk. VII, Sect. III, § 10, p. 384.