法苑珠林 6.117

6.117

晉元康中。吳郡婁縣懷瑤家。忽聞地中有犬子聲隱其聲。上有小穿大如螾。瑤以杖刺之。入數尺覺如物。乃掘視之得犬子雌雄。各一目猶未開。形大如常犬也。哺之而食。左右咸往觀焉。長老或云。此名犀犬。得之者令家富昌。宜當養之。以目未開還置穿中。覆以磨礱。宿昔發視左右無孔還失所在。瑤家積年無他禍福也。

During the Yuankang era of the Jin, in the household of Huai Yao of Lou County in Wu Commandery, the muffled sound of a puppy was suddenly heard underground. Above it was a small hole the size of an earthworm. Yao poked it with a staff; after penetrating several feet, he felt something like an object. Digging down to look, he obtained two puppies, one female and one male, whose eyes were not yet open. In size, they were like normal dogs. When fed, they ate. Neighbors all went to look at them. An elder remarked: ‘This is called a rhinoceros dog (xigou). Whoever obtains it will make his household wealthy and flourishing; you ought to rear it.’ Because their eyes were not yet open, he placed them back in the hole and covered it with a millstone. The next day, when he uncovered it to look, there were no holes all around, and they had vanished without a trace. Over the years, Yao's family experienced neither misfortune nor good fortune.