“龙生九子不成龙”一说的由来

The Origin of the Saying:“if a dragon has nine sons, none of them will be a real dragon.”

“龙生九子不成龙”一说从“蛟龙九子”一说演变而来的,用来比喻兄弟性格各异。实际上,这些龙子名称都是古代文献中怪兽的名称,人们不管这些词的原意,用来命名某些器物上的装饰纹样。

The Saying: “if a dragon has nine sons, none of them will be a real dragon”comes from the saying:“Jiao dragon has nine sons”, which is a comparison of different characters brothers. In fact, these names of nine dragon sons are monsters' names in the ancient documents. Regardless of these names primitive meanings, people use them as the name of some decorating designs.