Yet here was the tortoise, a creation of nature that carried its round shell over the ground, like heaven, and had a flat bottom, like earth. With a profile resembling a mountain and the turning motion of its four toes, it seemed to be a depiction of heaven and earth changing constantly through the seasons.
自然物的烏龜，生來就背甲上隆像天，腹甲下平似地，槃衍像山，四趾運轉，恰是一幅天地四時不息的圖像。