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The gears of time turned 50 years – In January 1970, a work came out and began a magazine series.
A blue cat-shaped robot named Doraemon appeared in the public eye and immediately swept the world.
In many versions of the translated name, he is vividly called a robot cat by the Chinese.
The robot cat's birthday had just passed, and I suddenly received a wonderful message:
I sat up in an instant, 50 years of robot cats were accused of cats as dogs overnight, Doraemon if he could understand the Chinese would probably be angry to get out of any door.
In order to prove the cat body to the robot cat, I checked it on the Internet and really found some interesting things.
There are really many netizens who have doubts about whether Doraemon is a cat or a dog...
The robot cat, as a cat-type robot, has been known to the public for half a century. Why is it considered a dog?
Let's first take a look at how Doraemon introduced himself.
This cat-shaped robot is often mistaken by various passers-by in the work.
When Doraemon's anime lines mention tanuki cats, the corresponding Japanese word is "タヌキ" (Roman: tanuki), and from the Chinese translation, our Doraemon is always mistaken for tanuki by humans.
In fact, the Kanji タヌキ "tanuki" in Japanese is the single word "狸", not the "Tanuki Cat", which often appears in translations.
When we enter the countryside, we will talk about this "tanuki" that makes Doraemon repeatedly explode.
The Creature referred to by the Japanese Tanuki is not a "Tanuki cat", but another creature, the raccoon, which belongs to the canine family.
It can be seen that the Japanese tanuki and the Chinese tanuki cat are indeed very different.
This is probably the source of the misunderstanding that the robot cat was suddenly called a "robot dog".
The Wiki entry reads: Raccoon (scientific name: Nyctereutes procyonoides), also known as raccoon, tanuki, canines, brown-gray fur, short ears, pointed mouth, long hairs on both cheeks. It lives in the mountains and forests, and eats fish, shrimp and pikas.
Admittedly, this animal, which is not familiar to the public, looks at first glance: like a dog and a fox, and like a raccoon.
Even the English name is raccoon dog, which consists of two animals directly forming the name of the raccoon: raccoon (raccoon) + dog (dog).
Raccoons are the oldest species of canines, having appeared on Earth at least 8 million years ago, and it is believed that raccoons are likely to be the ancestors of canine species.
This creature is the Japanese word タヌキ (狸).
In the episode of the robot cat anime "Transforming into Leaves", Doraemon tells Nobita that "tanuki cats and dogs are both canines", which also confirms the image of tanuki as a raccoon in the worldview of the work.
In anime and manga, tanuki is always used to contrast Doraemon, which also requires talking about the attitude and description of "tanuki" in Japanese folk culture.
In the culture of the island countries, the creature "Tanuki" appears in folk myths in Japan, and is a very traditional yokai image in their folklore stories, which is good at demagogy.
It can be said that it is not a very positive image.
In many film, television, literature and music works, there is no shortage of versatile beavers on the stage, and their images are either weird, laughable, or frightening.
In fact, the word "tanuki" was first introduced to Japan and indeed originated from China's "tanuki cat".
So is it true that what we call tanuki cats in ancient times is also a raccoon?
True not.
The Yunfu records: "Cats, of the genus Ben Tanuki, are called Tanuki Slaves. ”
In China, the title of "Tanuki" can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, cat owners are called Tanuki slaves, and Tanuki cat has become a literary term at that time, referring to domestic cats.
Biological angle coming minutes,He is a Chinese raccoon cat multi-finger spotted cat, Japanese literature "wildcat" (yamaneko).
The rarity of the spotted cat in Japan at that time was too high, just like you explain to someone who has never stepped out of the mountains in your life what the sea is.
Thus, after the Japanese Middle Ages, tanuki wrote "タヌキ" (Roman pronunciation: tanuki), which actually refers to raccoons and badgers.
Having said all this, is Doraemon a robot cat or a robot?
Although Japanese tanuki belong to the family Canines, Doraemon does not recognize himself as a tanuki.
The so-called official denial is the most deadly.
He was really angry when he was mistaken for a tanuki, so everyone's Doraemon was a cute and handsome cat-shaped robot.
With the information in hand, first fight with friends who refer to cats as dogs.
After the end of the battle, there was a little sadness in my heart, after all, the robot cat comic has been 50 years old, and there is no shortage of people shouting "Grandpa Green Knot".
But in fact... In 2020, Doraemon has not yet been born.
In the worldview of the work, Doraemon was born in the distant 22nd century - 2112, so there are still 92 years before he was born in this world, and people are still young.
After all, he traveled back in time to meet Nobita, and with that in mind, maybe my robot cat and robot dog were on their way to find me.
Robot cat, robot dog, which one do you wish to have?
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