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It’s Monstrous Menagerie Monday:
In the desolation of the Southwest lives the Lying Beast, which has the body of a rabbit and the face of a man. It is capable of speech, which it uses mostly to deceive, saying east is west or bad is good. Its flesh is delicious, but anyone who eats it will speak lies. Its other name is Bombast.
西南荒中出訛獸，其狀若菟，人面能言，常欺人，言東而西，言惡而善。其肉美，食之，言不真矣。（原註，言食其肉，則其人言不誠。）一之誕。
(Shen-yi jing 神異經 5.3, attributed to Dongfang Shuo)
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In the desolation of the Southwest lives the Lying Beast, which has the body of a rabbit and the face of a man. It is capable of speech, which it uses mostly to deceive, saying east is west or bad is good. Its flesh is delicious, but anyone who eats it will speak lies. Its other name is Bombast.
西南荒中出訛獸，其狀若菟，人面能言，常欺人，言東而西，言惡而善。其肉美，食之，言不真矣。（原註，言食其肉，則其人言不誠。）一之誕。
(Shen-yi jing 神異經 5.3, attributed to Dongfang Shuo)
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