A cow gave birth to a "monster" in the Qing Dynasty. General Fengtian: This is Kirin, and I want to dedicate it to the emperor.

History/essay on night reading in northwest Chang 'an

As we all know, Kirin is the head of the Four Spirits, symbolizing good weather, peaceful country and people, and the birth of Kirin is also considered as a great auspicious sign.

But it is generally believed that Kirin is a fictional animal and does not exist. Although there have been many records of catching Kirin in history, they can't be verified or proved to be a joke. For example, Zheng He brought Kirin back from a long distance in Yongle, and finally found it was a giraffe. However, in the Qing Dynasty, a lot of China-made "Kirin" were recorded, and many people had seen it, so it was impossible to fake it. The Kirin case during the Qianlong period is an example.

in the fourth year of Qianlong (1739), a strange thing happened at the home of Zhuang Ding Yu Guochao, who was led by the internal affairs office of Zhongyangbao with yellow flag in Haicheng County, Shengjing (Shenyang). His cow gave birth to a monster, which was different from all the cows from beginning to end and had scales all over it.

It caused a sensation in the local area for a time, and many people came to watch it. Yu Guochao had no knowledge, and felt that he had given birth to a monster, which was unlucky. He wanted to bury it. At this time, a nearby scholar also heard of it, and he quickly stopped Yu Guochao. I showed him a book with pictures on it, and asked him if he looked like it. Everyone looked at the pictures, and they looked really like it. And this picture is a picture of Kirin, which turned out to be a god beast Kirin, and everyone was amazed.

Kirin, it's a great auspicious sign. It's reported layer by layer at one time, which has alarmed Ertu, the general of Fengtian. Ertu came to see this unicorn in person.

He walked around for several times, and found it really similar to what was recorded in the book. Moreover, according to historical records, Kirin is indeed born of dragons and cows, so it makes sense for cows to have Kirin.

But Kirin is a god beast. It doesn't look spiritual at all, but it looks ugly. I've never seen it before.

if the two evils are weighed lightly, and the two benefits are weighed heavily, then it is considered. Ertu immediately wrote the paper, and the paper was full of flowers.

Kirin was born in the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty. Isn't this a proof that my emperor is generous and a saint? People who saw Kirin all cheered and praised my emperor. After writing the paper, Ertu waited for Qianlong's will to send Kirin to Beijing.

As a result, there was no news. It turned out that Qianlong didn't believe this at all. After reading the memorial, he believed that it was Kirin, but it was not easy for others to flatter you, so he had to give up.

This kind of thing happened more than once in the Qing Dynasty, so whether this cow gave birth to Kirin or not, of course not. If we have to give a scientific explanation, this may be the abnormal development of animal embryos caused by biological gene mutation, which means that this is just a deformed cow, not a unicorn, let alone auspicious.