All creatures, winged, hairy, scaly and mailed, find their origin in the dragon. The "yu-kia" () produced the flying dragon, the flying dragon gave birth to the phoenixes, and after them the "luan-niao" () and all birds, in general the winged beings, were born successively. The "mao-tuh" (, "hairy calf") produced the "ying-lung" (), the "ying-lung" gave birth to the "kien-ma" (), and afterwards the "k'i-lin" () and all quadrupeds, in general the hairy beings, were born successively. … (tr. Visser 1913:65)