Original TextClassical Source
阳水出焉……其中多化蛇，其状如人面而豺身，鸟翼而蛇行，其音如叱呼，见则其邑大水。
— 《中山经》
化In Plain WordsVernacular
阳水多化蛇，人面豺身、生鸟翼而如蛇爬行，叫声似人厉声呵斥；它一出现，城邑便遭大水之灾。
A creature of the Yang River with a human face, jackal's body and bird's wings that crawls like a snake. Its harsh cry foretells a great flood.