法苑珠林 45.47

45.47

博物志曰。小山有蘷。其形如鼓。一足知禮。澤有委蛇。狀如轂。長如轅。見之者霸。昔夏禹觀河見長人魚身。出曰。吾河精。豈河伯也。

The Bowuzhi says: "On small mountains there are kui; their shape is like a drum, they have one foot, and they know ritual etiquette. In marshes there are weishe; their form is like a wheel hub, and their length is like a carriage shaft. He who sees one shall become an autocrat. Anciently, when Yu of the Xia surveyed the River, he saw a tall being with a fish's body, who came forth and said, 'I am the essence of the River.' Was he not the River Earl?"