"The Bird of the Earth"

The earth is more than a bird

【Original】

There are birds in the deep mountains of Yuedi, as big as a dove, cyan, known as "smelting birds", wearing large trees, making nests, such as five or six liters, with a diameter of several inches; the zhou is decorated with earthen moats, red and white, and shaped like a shooting hou (1). When the loggers saw this tree, they avoided it; or when they did not see the birds in the night, nor did the birds know that they did not see them, they called out, "Go up!" "Tomorrow is cheap and urgent; "Aggressively go down!" "Tomorrow is cheap and urgent; if he does not make it go, but he who laughs and laughs, he may stop cutting." If there is defilement and what it stops, there is a tiger who will keep it all night, and if he does not go, he will hurt him. This bird, who sees its form in the daytime, is also a bird; listens to its song at night, and also a bird; and when there are spectators of music, he takes the form of a human, three feet long, and takes a stone crab in the stream; and he is on fire, and no one shall offend. The Yue people call this bird the ancestor of "Yue Zhu".

【Notes】

(1) Archery: Arrow target.

【Translation】

There is a bird in the deep mountains of Yuedi, as big as a dove, with blue feathers, called "smelting bird". It runs through a large tree to make a nest, like a vessel with a volume of five or six liters, and the diameter of the outlet is a few inches; it is decorated with white, and the red and white colors are spaced apart, and the pattern is the same as that of an arrow target. When the loggers saw this tree, they avoided it and left. Sometimes the bird could not be seen in the dark, and the bird knew that people could not see it, so they called out, "Duh, duh, go up!" "The next day you should hurry up and go up to the top to cut wood." It shouted, "Duh, duh, get down!" "The next day we should hurry down and cut wood." If it doesn't bark, just laughs, people have to stop logging. If there is filth and uncleanness, and when it tells to stop logging, there will be a tiger to watch all night, and if the logger does not leave, the tiger will hurt him. This bird looks at its shape during the day and is a bird; listening to its call at night, it is also a bird. Occasionally, if you like to watch the liveliness, it will become a human form, three feet long, go to the water stream to catch crabs, put them on the fire and grill, people can not violate it. The people of Yuedi say that this bird is the ancestor of Yuedi Wuzhu.

Source: Yi Wenyan's "Search for God"