在遥远的上古时候，

麒麟和凤凰飞走了，

现在不该他们来的时候他们却来了，

他们在寻找什么呢？

麒麟啊 ，麒麟啊，我的心很悲伤。

'In the times of the Tang and Yu,

when the qilin and the feng huang appeared (among men).

What do they foretell (seek)?

Oh qilin! Oh Qilin! My heart weakened (saddened).'

-Kongzi

Qilin (麒麟) is a chimeric mythological creature that is said to announce the birth or passing os emperors, wise men, or other important rulers. Mistakenly called the 'Chinese Unicorn', the Qilin brings rui (瑞), or prosperity upon it's arrival and is said to be a gentle creature, so much so that it walks on water and would not break a blade of grass. Sometimes the Qilin is considered a hermaphrodite, embodying both male and female energies, but some depictions ascribe to a one-horned Qilin being male, and a two-horned being female.