In the courtyard of the Governor Mansion, Xi Yangyu was having a drink with Prince Yue, Li Hui.
"...During my early years of travel, I once stayed overnight in a remote mountain in Jing Country. In my dream, I saw a creature as large as an elephant but with a short snout like a pig's. Its teeth resembled saw blades, and when it spoke, it would turn its entire body inside out through its mouth. Now that I think about it, it might have been a 'Tuan' mentioned in 'The Book of Changes'. The Tuan text refers to the great symbol (the hexagram itself), and the Yao text to the lesser symbols (the individual lines)—the image being a representation of myriad things.
