法苑珠林 6.115

6.115

越地深山中有鳥。大如鳩青色。名曰治鳥。穿大樹作巢。如五六升器。戶口徑數寸。周飾以土堊。赤自相分。狀如射侯。伐木者見此樹即避之去。或夜冥不見鳥。鳥亦知人不見。便鳴喚曰。咄咄上去。明日便急上去。咄咄下去。明日便宜急下。若不使去但言笑而已者。人可止伐也。若有穢惡及其所止者。則有虎通夕來守。人不去便傷害人。此鳥白日見其形是鳥也。夜聽其鳴亦鳥也。時有觀樂者便作人形。長三尺。至㵎中取石蟹就人火炙之。人不可犯也。越人謂此鳥是越柷之祖也。

In the deep mountains of the Yue region, there is a bird the size of a turtledove and blue-green in color, named the zhi bird. It bores into large trees to make its nest, which is like a five- or six-pint vessel, with an entrance a few inches in diameter. The rim is decorated all around with lime, with red and white clearly divided, looking like an archery target. Woodcutters who see such a tree avoid it and depart. Sometimes in the dark of night the bird is not seen, and the bird also knows that people cannot see it, so it calls out: ‘Du-du, go up! Tomorrow, hurry and go up! Du-du, go down! Tomorrow, you should hurry and go down!’ If it does not tell them to leave, but merely chatters and laughs, then people may remain and chop wood. If any defilement or foulness reaches where it roosts, a tiger will come and stand guard all night; if the people do not leave, it harms them. When seen by day, its form is that of a bird; when heard by night, its cry is also that of a bird. Sometimes when it wants to amuse itself, it takes human form, three feet tall, goes into a ravine to catch stone crabs, and roasts them by human fires. People must not offend it. The people of Yue say that this bird is the ancestor of the Yue shamans.