Regarding gluttony, the following are the relevant records and original quotations from the five classics, as well as a brief introduction:
According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", it is recorded: "There is a beast, its shape is like a sheep's body and human face, its eyes are in the armpits, tiger teeth and human claws, its sound is like a baby, its name is roe deer owl, it is a cannibal." The "roe deer owl" here is another name for gluttony. The Classic of Mountains and Seas is one of the earliest geographical and mythological documents in ancient China, and its description of gluttony has extremely high historical and cultural value. The book depicts the gluttony as a large, hideous-looking beast, emphasizing its predatory nature as a warning against greed.
According to the "Zuo Biography", it is recorded: "The Jinyun clan is not talented, greedy for food, bribes, greedy for luxury, and cannot be tired;Accumulation and accumulation, I don't know the discipline;No distinction between widows and orphans, no compassion for the poor. The people of the world compare the three evils, which is called gluttony. "Zuo Chuan is an important historical document of ancient China, in which the description of gluttony is more detailed. The book associates gluttony with human greed, describing it as a fierce beast that is extremely gluttonous and unrestrained, and warns people to control their desires and pursue self-discipline.
According to the record of "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period": "Zhou Ding is gluttonous, has a head but no body, cannibalism has not swallowed and his body, and he repays it with words. "Lü's Spring and Autumn is an important historical document and philosophical work in ancient China, in which the description of gluttony has profound symbolic meaning. The book depicts gluttony as a monster with a head and no body, emphasizing its gluttonous nature and the truth that it is greedy to chew too much and eat its own fruits.
According to the "Divine Mystery Sutra: Southwest Desolation Sutra": "There are people in the southwest, hairy, and pigs on their heads. Greedy as vicious, accumulating wealth without using it, and good at taking people's grains (the original work of the previous two sentences is "good for self-accumulation, not cannibalism", according to the "Historical Records of the Five Emperors" righteous citation). The strong take the old and the weak, and they are afraid of the strong and hit the single, which is called gluttony. "The Divine Sutra is an important mythological document in ancient China, in which the description of gluttony is more vivid and vivid. The book depicts gluttony as a large, hideous-looking beast, emphasizing its gluttonous and brutal nature.
According to the "Historical Records of the Five Emperors", it is recorded: "The Jinyun clan is not talented, greedy for food, risking bribes, and the world is called gluttonous. "The Records of the Historian is an important historical document in ancient China, and there are also records of gluttony. The book links gluttony with human greed, emphasizing the harm of greed to the individual and society, and warning people to stay away from greed and pursue a clean and disciplined life.
The descriptions and descriptions of gluttony in the above five classics have their own characteristics, but they all emphasize their greed, cruelty, and danger to warn people to stay away from greed and pursue a life of self-discipline and honesty.
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