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The Classic of Western Mountains: four hundred li southwest is the mound of Kunlun, the Lower Capital of the High God. The god Lu Wu administers it. His form is a tiger's body with nine tails, a human face, and tiger claws. This god governs the nine divisions of heaven and the seasons of the god's parks. Kunlun is not an ordinary mountain. It is the Lower Capital — the High God's capital on earth. And Lu Wu is its gatekeeper and chief steward. His body is assembled: tiger, nine tails, human face, tiger claws. The nine tails should look familiar. The nine-tailed fox has them too. But the fox is a beast in the hills; Lu Wu is an officer of heaven. The same nine tails read as authority on a god and as monstrosity on an animal. What does he administer? "The nine divisions of heaven and the seasons of the god's parks." The first half is a cosmic-level administrative post. The second half is gardening. One deity, responsible both for partitioning the universe and for the schedule of the imperial garden. It sounds absurd now, but it was natural in antiquity: the divine realm was an enlarged dynasty, with territory, parks, and duty rosters. Later texts give him another name. The Classic of Regions Within the Seas describes Kunlun's nine gates, guarded by the "Kaiming Beast": tiger-sized, nine heads, all with human faces. Tiger body, human face, nine — all three elements survive. Only nine tails became nine heads. Probably one divine figure split into two versions in transmission: one guards the mountain, one guards the gate; one has nine tails, one nine heads. On Han dynasty stone reliefs, Kunlun's gatekeeper is usually carved as a multi-headed, multi-tailed beast — the two descriptions fused. Kunlun is the place where heaven and earth connect. You can go up from there, and things can come down. So it needs a guard. Lu Wu's job is essentially access control: who enters, who does not, when the gate opens, when it closes. A tiger-bodied god with a human face, nine tails hanging behind him, standing at the gate of Kunlun with the register of heaven in one hand and the keys to the garden in the other.

เขาคุนหลุนคือ "เมืองหลวงเบื้องล่าง" ของเทวราช เทพลู่อู๋เฝ้าอยู่ ร่างเสือเก้าหาง หน้าเทวดา กรงเล็บเสือ เขาดูแล "เก้าเขตสวรรค์" และ "ฤดูกาลอุทยานของเทพ" — งานระดับจักรวาลผสมงานจัดสวน ต่อมาเขาปรากฏอีกชื่อว่า "อู๋ไคหมิง" ผู้เฝ้าประตูทั้งเก้าของคุนหลุน

Kunlun ialah Ibu Kota Bawah Tuhan. Dewa Lu Wu menjaganya: badan harimau, sembilan ekor, muka manusia, cakar harimau. Dia jaga "sembilan wilayah langit" dan "musim taman Tuhan" — kerja kosmik campur kerja berkebun. Kemudian dia muncul dengan nama lain, "Kaiming", penjaga sembilan pintu Kunlun.

Côn Lôn là Hạ Đô của Thiên Đế. Thần Lục Ngô trấn giữ: mình hổ chín đuôi, mặt người, vuốt hổ. Cai quản "chín cõi trời" và "mùa vườn thượng uyển" — việc vũ trụ lẫn việc làm vườn. Về sau hiện ra với tên khác, "Khai Minh", giữ chín cửa Côn Lôn.

Kunlun adalah Ibu Kota Bawah Dewa. Dewa Lu Wu menjaganya: badan harimau, sembilan ekor, wajah manusia, cakar harimau. Ia mengurus "sembilan wilayah langit" dan "musim taman dewa" — urusan kosmik campur urusan berkebun. Nanti muncul dengan nama lain, "Kaiming", penjaga sembilan gerbang Kunlun.