A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Fêng Po
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572 Fêng Po 風伯 or 風神 or 風師. The God of the Winds, also known as 飛廉 Fei Lien. Said by some to be identical with the constellation 箕 Sagittarius; by others to be a supernatural bird; by others again to have the body of a deer, the head of a bird (with horns), the tail of a serpent, and the spots of a leopard. A statue of this being was cast in bronze by the Emperor Wu Ti of the Han dynasty.