Among the four spiritual beasts--the dragon, the phoenix, the turtle and the chimera--the turtle is the only actual animal. Yet the truth is that the other three were all based on real animals and then expanded upon with a little extra imagination.
在龍鳳龜麟四靈動物中，龜看來是唯一現實裡活生生的生物，其實龍、鳳、麒麟也都是採取自真實動物外型，再加入想像而成。