Talk:Centaur/@comment-28856683-20160615213617/@comment-29602226-20170119213105

The Zuo Zhuan, a book from the V century BC mentions the Kirin/Qilin...

Giraffes were brought to China during the XV century by Zheng He

I suspect some people gets the dates mixed. This page, for example, claims that Zheng He's giraffes inspired the Qilin in the Zuo Zhuan, but the Zuo Zhuan was written around two millennia before Zheng He's travels...