法苑珠林 32.42

32.42

漢宣帝黃龍元年。未央殿輅軨厩中雌雞化為雄雞。毛衣亦變。不鳴不將無距。元帝初元中。丞相府史家雌雞化為雄雞。冠距。鳴將至。永光年中。有獻雄雞生角者。五行志。以為王氏之應也。

In the first year of the Huanglong era of Emperor Xuan of the Han, in the Luling stables of the Weiyang Palace, a hen transformed into a rooster; its plumage also changed, but it did not crow, did not lead [the flock], and had no spurs. In the Chuyuan era of Emperor Yuan, in the household of a clerk in the Chancellor's office, a hen transformed into a rooster, complete with comb and spurs, and it began to crow and lead. During the Yongguang era, someone presented a rooster that had grown horns. The Treatise on the Five Phases considered this a portent of the Wang clan.