(There is an opinion that the fish and the turtle were selected for the Gyotai because pronunciation of the word turtle and Genbu (a God) and the word carp (fish) and the Imperial family name ("Yi") of the Tang Dynasty was phonetically the same.)
（一説に亀を玄武、魚を鯉即ち唐の皇室の姓「李」の音通とする説もある。）