The ‘Luo Dog’ Recorded in the ‘Shan Hai Jing’ – Could it be the Modern Tibetan Mastiff?
Author: Zhi Bei You
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I. The Toad Dog - 'Luo Dog'
'Shan Hai Jing - Hai Nei Bei Jing' records: 'Luo Dog is like a dog, blue, eats people starting from the head.'
Guo Pu's annotation: ('Luo' is the same as 'Luo', or 'Luo', which may be based on 'Shuo Wen Jie Zi' ('Northern China has toad dogs, eats people. From insect, sentence sound.')
And unlike Xu Shen, who lived during the Han Dynasty, 'Shan Hai Jing' states 'Luo'.
Duan Yu Cai's meaning is probably that 'Luo' is correct, so it can be phonetically converted to 'Xu Dog', 'Luo', 'Xu' are ancient sounds that are similar.
'Hai Nei Bei Jing': 'Luo Dog is like a dog and blue, eats people starting from the head. 'Note: 'Luo' is the same as 'Luo', or 'Luo', which may be based on 'Shuo Wen Jie Zi' ('Northern China has toad dogs, eats people. From insect, sentence sound.')
'Chu Shu - Wang Hui Chapter' says: 'The Marquis with his dogs, the dogs are able to fly, eat tigers and leopards.' 'The dog is the same as 'Luo', borrowing from 'Luo' sound.' 'Dai Lai Ritual' says 'The Marquis offers tribute with wild dogs.' 'Wild' is also a phonetic change. The current 'Chu Shu' says 'Cheng Dog', which is a deviation.
'Cheng Dog' is similar to 'Luo Dog', the same sound, the same origin.
'Yi Zhou Shu - Wang Hui Chapter' says: 'The Marquis used 'Cheng Dogs' to fly, eating tigers and leopards.'
Duan Yu Cai's meaning is probably that 'Luo' is correct, so it can be phonetically converted to 'Xu Dog'.
Secondly, 'Luo Dog' is the animal that the Marquis offered as a tribute. The Marquis is the name of the Western Zhou state, and his country is located in the area of today's Gansu, China.
'Shan Hai Jing' also specifically says that its color is 'blue', which should be the black Tibetan Mastiff. The Tibetan Mastiff is large and fierce, and looks very fierce, so ancient people regarded it as a very strange dog.
However, this dog has a serious defect, which is low intelligence, it is a large, stupid dog, some posts online praise the Tibetan Mastiff for being 'loyal', only recognizing one owner for a lifetime, saying that the Tibetan Mastiff's 'excellent qualities' is actually its weakness, because it has a stupid brain, it won't turn corners, so it's not seen in military dogs or police dogs.
A large, stupid, fierce dog is a very dangerous pet.
Ancient people thought it could eat people or eat tigers and leopards, which is probably the fact, but saying it eats tigers and leopards is impossible, because there has never been a record of any animal eating tigers and leopards, even the largest cat, the lion, does not.
Finally, let's discuss this 'Luo Dog'. In 'Yi Zhou Shu - Wang Hui Chapter' it specifically explains 'Cheng Dog' is 'flying dog', but everyone seems to fail to explain 'flying dog'.
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