Chinese encyclopedia: “Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge”

Animals are divided into:

• those that belong to the Emperor,

• embalmed ones,

• those that are trained,

• suckling pigs,

• mermaids,

• fabulous ones,

• stray dogs,

• those that are included in this classification,

• those that tremble as if they were mad,

• innumerable ones,

• those drawn with a very fine camel's hair brush,

• others,

• those that have just broken a flower vase,

• those that resemble flies from a distance.

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