In Chinese literature, the Daoist classic Zhuangzi has the oldest record of the Kun Peng myth. Dapeng is also a place name for a few places in greater China, most notably in Shenzhen and Taiwan.Īfter recent fossil discoveries in northeast China, Chinese paleontologists used Peng to name the enantiornithine bird Pengornis and the wukongopterid pterosaur Kunpengopterus. Synonyms of Peng include Dapeng (大鵬 "Big Peng", "Great Peng") and Dapengniao (大鵬鳥 "Great Peng Bird"). 100 CE Shuowen Jiezi) Kun 鯤 originally meant "fish roe fry spawn" (ca. Peng ( 鵬) was anciently a variant Chinese character for feng ( 鳳) in fenghuang (鳳凰 "Chinese phoenix" ca. Peng (鵬) combines the "bird radical" ( 鳥) with a peng ( 朋 "friend") phonetic, and kun combines the "fish radical" ( 魚) with a kun ( 昆 "progeny insect") phonetic.īoth the mythic Chinese Peng and Kun names involve word play. The Chinese logograms for peng and kun exemplify common radical-phonetic characters. Peng ( traditional Chinese: 鵬 simplified Chinese: 鹏 pinyin: péng Wade–Giles: p'eng) or Dapeng ( 大鵬) is a giant bird that transforms from a Kun ( 鯤 鲲 kūn k'un) giant fish in Chinese mythology. Wing of the Peng from the Japanese Kyoka Hyaku Monogatari.
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