 The oldest known attestation of the children of the dragon list is found in the "Shuyuan zaji" (, "Miscellaneous records from the bean garden") by Lu Rong (1436–1494); however, he noted that the list enumerates mere synonyms of various antiques, not children of a dragon.Several Ming Dynasty texts list what were claimed as the Nine Offspring of the Dragon (), and subsequently these feature prominently in popular Chinese stories and writings., quoting Xie Zhaozhe (, 1567–1624) in his work "Wu Za Zu" (, ca.