“龙”字在甲骨文、金文中已经出现,但它究竟是什么“物种”?传说成书于周公、孔子而专门解释各类生物的《尔雅》,在“释虫”、“释鱼”、“释鸟”、“释兽”、“释畜”各目中,都没有“龙”。一直到南宋罗愿所编的《尔雅翼》,才在“释鱼”时,首先释“龙”:龙春分而登天,秋分而潜渊,物之至灵者也……王符称世俗画龙之状,马首蛇尾。 The word “dragon” has appeared in the Oracle and Jin texts, but what exactly is it? “Species”? The legend was written in Zhou Gong and Confucius and specifically explains the “elegance” of various creatures, “Release the fish ”, “release the bird ”, “release the animal ”, “release of livestock ” Until the Southern Song Dynasty Luo Yuan compiled by the “elegance wing” only in the “release the fish ”, the first release “dragon ”: Dragon and spring sub-day, autumn and deep submarine, the soul of the material also ... ... Wang Fu said the secular dragon shape, horse tail.