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Yí Jí
𤝻即
Yí Jí – Dog
Background
A dog-like beast with red mouth and eyes and a white tail, whose appearance foretells fire.
An editorial reading of the card’s subject. Legendary properties belong to the story.
Classical text
Mountains & Seas · Central Mountains
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A further thirty li east stands Mount Xiān [鮮]. Its trees include oaks, Niǔ [杻], and Jū [苴]; its plants include asparagus roots. Its southern slope has much metal, its northern slope much iron. There is a beast like a Móquǎn [膜犬], with a red muzzle, red eyes, and a white tail, called Yí Jí [𤝻即]. Where it appears, fire comes upon the settlement.From the English edition of Mountains & Seas. Open the reader for the Chinese editions and translator’s notes. Linked names follow the card catalogue; hover to see the original wording.
Passage printed on the card
有兽焉，其状如膜犬，赤喙，赤目、白尾，见则其邑有火，名曰𤝻即。Game card text
Guard (Human), Burn (1), Ward: Fire
Attacks > 3⬤: Cast Wildfire.
The game’s adaptation, transcribed from the supplied card file. The image preserves coloured symbols and the printed layout.