Original TextClassical Source
蔓渠之山，伊水出焉……有兽焉，其名曰马腹，其状如人面虎身，其音如婴儿，是食人。
— 《中山经》
马In Plain WordsVernacular
蔓渠山伊水之畔有马腹，人面虎身，鸣声似婴儿啼哭以诱人，实则凶猛食人。
A beast of Mount Manqu by the Yi River: human-faced, tiger-bodied, crying like an infant to lure prey before it devours them.