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FUM, or FUND HWANG

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 300 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FUM, or FUND HWANG , one of the four symbolical creatures which in See also:Chinese See also:mythology are believed to keep See also:watch and See also:ward over the See also:Celestial See also:Empire. It was begotten by See also:fire, was See also:born in the See also:Hill of the See also:Sun's See also:Halo, and its See also:body bears inscribed on it the five See also:cardinal virtues. It has the See also:breast of a See also:goose, the See also:hind-quarters of a See also:stag, a snake's See also:neck, a See also:fish's tail, a See also:fowl's forehead, a See also:duck's down, the marks of a See also:dragon, the back of a See also:tortoise, the See also:face of a See also:swallow, the See also:beak of a See also:cock, is about six cubits high, and perches only on the woo-tung See also:tree. The See also:appearance of Fum heralds an See also:age of universal virtue. Its figure is that which is embroidered on the dresses of some mandarins.

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