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December 16, 2019

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The turtle (gui 龜) is an auspicious animal in ancient China. It is said in the book Zhongxuanji 中玄記 that a thousand years of turtle is able to communicate with humans. In the age of one thousand years a turtle grows Hair, as the Shuyiji 述異記 says. A five thousand years old turtle is called shengui 神龜 "divine turtle", an animal older than ten thousand years is called linggui 靈龜 "Spiritual turtle".

I bet n. yeti was a turtle in his past life. Maybe in this life even 😁

This is for you, n. yeti:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_V3Q7P8h5V4

This has nothing to do with the OP and very little to do with Zen, but it is still worth pointing out for the few who may be interested:

https://www.studyfinds.org/turtle-power-study-finds-giant-tortoises-have-strong-memories-high-intelligence/

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