[2]In chapter 14 of the Shanhaijing, Guo Pu had commented that the nine-tailed fox was an auspicious omen that appeared during times of peace.

[2] However, in chapter 1, another aspect of the nine-tailed fox is described: Three hundred li farther east is Green-Hills ([Qing Qiu]) Mountain, where much jade can be found on its south slope and green cinnabar on its north.

[2]In one ancient myth, Yu the Great encountered a white nine-tailed fox, which he interpreted as an auspicious sign that he would marry Nüjiao.

[2] In Han iconography, the nine-tailed fox is sometimes depicted at Mount Kunlun and along with Xi Wangmu in her role as the goddess of immortality.

[2] According to the first-century Baihutong (Debates in the White Tiger Hall), the fox's nine tails symbolize abundant progeny.