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我国神话里的“龙”,乃是上能腾云驾雾,下可翻江倒海,时神时仙,千变万化,令人崇敬而又生畏的一种动物。生物学上也有“龙”,其含义乃是多种爬行动物的统称,例如蛇颈龙(Plesiosaurus)、鱼龙(Ichthyosaurus)、翼龙(Pterosaurs)、恐龙(Dinosaurs)……等。神话里“龙”的形态和生物学上的“龙”,在某些特点上却有其相似之处。因此可以认为神话中的“龙”就是生物学上的“龙”,经过人们的艺术升华,再赋于神秘的、超人的能力而成。我国著名古生物学家杨钟键教授,考究了甲骨文“龙”
The “dragon” in our country’s myth is an animal that is capable of surging through the clouds and down the river, changing from time to time, ever-changing and intimidating. There are also “dragons” in biology, which have the same meaning as the reptiles of various species, such as Plesiosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Pterosaurs, Dinosaurs ... and so on. In the mythology, the “dragon” morphology and biology “dragon” have some similarities in some characteristics. Therefore, the “dragon” in mythology can be regarded as the “dragon” in biology, after people’s artistic sublimation, and then entrusted to the mysterious, superhuman ability. Professor Yang Zhongjian, a famous paleontologist in our country, studied the Oracle “Dragon”