Hundun 混沌 (hùn dùn)

Watercolor and Alcohol Markers, 2020
Wen Ting Dong 董文婷

Hundun, whose name means chaos, is the oddest looking of the Four Fierce Beasts. According to legends, Hundun has eyes but can’t see, has ears but can't hear, and lacks facial features. His body is flame red and shaped like a yolk sac and it has four limbs without claws along with four wings. He is classified as a mythical bird but resembles a dog more. Hundun’s name literally means “Chaos” in the Chinese language. He is known to pick on kind people while encouraging those who are corrupt and cruel before eating them. Hundun’s intestines are straight, which makes his digestive process very fast, and as a result, he also eats a large number of humans and is the most gluttonous after Taotie.