The fox was identified as a nine-tailed fox, for its long, bushy tail had many branches.

这只狐狸被认定为九尾狐，因为它修长多毛的尾巴有许多分叉。

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In Han esoteric texts, the nine-tailed fox is not a man-eating beast, but rather an auspicious omen.

汉代的神秘文献中，九尾狐不是吃人的野兽，而是吉祥的征兆。

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Hardly seen in literary texts, but commonly found in Han archaeological artifacts, was the image of the nine-tailed fox as one of the Queen Mother of the West's animal attendants (figure I.).28.

文献罕见，但是汉代的考古文物中常常见到这样的图像，九尾狐作为西王母的一个动物扈从列侍(如图：西王母、九尾狐和其他侍从，公元1至2世纪四川墓砖，感谢四川大学陈霞)。

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