The Nine-tailed turtle (traditional Chinese: 九尾龜; simplified Chinese: 九尾龟) is a legendary Chinese turtle. == Possible origin == In an appended supplement to Records of the Grand Historian, the Han dynasty scholar Chu Shaosun (104? –30 BC) mentioned eight famous turtles particularly suitable for plastromancy or turtle shell divination, one being called the "Turtle of Nine Provinces" (九州龜).
The Nine-tailed turtle (traditional Chinese: 九尾龜; simplified Chinese: 九尾龟) is a legendary Chinese turtle. == Possible origin == In an appended supplement to Records of the Grand Historian, the Han dynasty scholar Chu Shaosun (104? –30 BC) mentioned eight famous turtles particularly suitable for plastromancy or turtle shell divination, one being called the "Turtle of Nine Provinces" (九州龜).
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