“天上九头鸟,地上湖北佬”,这一流传很广的俗语,随着市场经济大潮的推涌,其使用范围又有所扩大,如一些公司、酒店便以“九头鸟”命名。“九头鸟”之说,到底是褒是贬?许多人并不清楚,因而值得一辨。 “九头鸟”又名“苍(?)”,是古代传说中的不祥怪鸟.宋代李昉等人编辑的类书《太平御览》卷927引《三国典略》:“齐后园有九头鸟见,色赤,似鸭,而九头皆鸣”。后演化为迷信故事,宋人周密著《齐东野语》卷19“鬼车鸟”条云“鬼车,俗称九头鸟,……世传此鸟昔有十首,为犬噬其一,至今血滴人家,能为灾咎,故闻之者,必叱犬灭灯,以速其过。泽国风雨之文,往往闻之。”该条还记载说,有人捕得九头鸟一只,见其“身圆如箕,十脰(音豆,颈项也)环簇,其九有头,其一独无,而鲜血点滴,如世所传。”有一天,一只九头鸟飞到某公主家捣衣石上,哀鸣啾啾,射之不中,这天晚上,公主便死了。周密于是断言“信乎其为 “Nine Birds of Heaven, Hubei Man on the Ground” is a widely held saying that with the tide of market economy, the scope of its use has been expanded. For example, some hotels and hotels are named after “Nine Birds.” “Nine birds,” said, in the end is praise is derogatory? Many people are not clear, and therefore worth the difference. “Nine birds” also known as “Cang (?)”, Is the ancient legend of the ominous bird.Li Song and others edited the book “Taiping Yu Lan” volume 927 cited “Three Kingdoms”: “Qi Hou Park Nine birds see, color red, like a duck, and nine all Ming. After the evolution of the story of superstition, the Song People Weekly ”Qi Dong Ye language“ Volume 19 ”ghost car“ article cloud ”ghost car, commonly known as the nine birds, ... ... World Biography this bird has ten, one for the bite, since Blood drop people, can be a disaster, so the smell of those who will be off the light dog, the speed of its .Take the country wind and rain, often smell it. “The article also records that someone captured a nine-headed bird, See its ”body round as Kei, ten 脰 (sound beans, neck also) ring cluster, its nine heads, one of its unique, and the blood drip, such as the world.“ One day, a nine-headed bird flew to A princess house Daoyi stone, whining tweeted, shooting is not, that night, the princess will die. So careful to assert that ”I believe it is