法苑珠林 6.110

6.110

如經說云。如龍驥麟鳳孔雀鸚鵡山鷄畫雉。為人所貴情希愛樂。如獼猴犲狼虎兕蚖蝮服鳥梟鴟等。人所惡見不喜聞音。如是好醜陳列難盡。貴賤可知。不可具述。

As a sūtra states: Just as thoroughbreds, qilin, phoenixes, peacocks, parrots, wild fowl, and painted pheasants are treasured by humans and affectionately cherished, while macaques, dholes, wolves, tigers, rhinos, vipers, horned owls, and owls are despised by people who dislike hearing their cries, so the array of the beautiful and the ugly is difficult to exhaust. The noble and the base can thus be known, and cannot be recounted in full.