The Classic of Mountains and Seas has clouds: "The first of the two mountains in the south, known as the Cabinet Mountain." There are birds, whose shape is like a bird and human hands, whose sound is like a paralysis, whose name is called zhū (鴸), whose name is also self-proclaimed, see its county duofangshi. ”
"There is such a bird on the cabinet hill, which looks like a harrier eagle but has claws like a human hand, and its call is as if it is calling its own name. The bird's name is the bustard, and its name is also named after its own call. If a bustard is seen in a place, the celebrities of the place will be exiled.
It is said that the bustard will endanger the scholars and gentlemen, and where it appears, there will be many scholars who will be exiled.
It is said that the original name of this bird was "Dan Zhu", from the name of Emperor Yao's son "Dan Zhu", Dan Zhu was a bad person, plus there was no patriarchal habit of succession at that time, so there was no inheritance right, Dan Zhu's resentment turned into this strange bird, hoping to achieve the purpose of disrupting the political program by persecuting the scholars.
According to historical references, "egret" in ancient times generally referred to birds of the harrier eagle. The description of the duck in the Classic of Mountains and Seas is "its shape is like a bird and a human hand", think about it, of course, birds do not grow human hands, so the "human hand" here should be an adjective, referring to the claws of the bustard like a human hand with five fingers. In this way, all the information is combined, and the identity of the bustard gradually has a clue, most likely it. ”
Owl, the bustard is the ancient name of the owl.