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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marote, post: 11259318, member: 84568&quot;][ATTACH=full]539697[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5417961" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5417961" rel="nofollow">https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5417961</a>: </p><p>The qilin issuing a jade book from its mouth recalls the dream that Confucious&#039; mother had just before he was born. She dreamt that a qilin came to her door with a jade book in its mouth. The phrase lin tu yushu (qilin issuing a jade book) is used as a wish for the birth of an illustrous male child, as the qilin is believed to only appear before the birth of a sage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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