Goldfish - Goldfish

Japanese: 金鯽魚 - きんせきぎょ
Goldfish - Goldfish

…Records of wild horse mackerel that changed color in China date back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). During the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1126), there were many records of horse mackerel whose body color changed to gold, but the poems of Su Shi (Dongpo) and Su Shunqin are famous. They sing of the horse mackerel of Xihu Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, where horse mackerel live. For this reason, today Xihu Lake, along with Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, which contains records of horse mackerel from the Tang Dynasty, is considered to be the birthplace and home of goldfish. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "golden carp" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国で体色を変化させた野生の鯽についての記録は,おそくとも唐代(618‐907)にまでさかのぼる。北宋の時代(960‐1126)になると,体色が金色に変色した金鯽魚の記録は多くなるが,蘇軾(そしよく)(東坡),蘇舜欽らの詩が有名である。鯽の生息地帯である浙江省杭州の西湖の金鯽魚をうたったもので,このため今日では,唐代の金鯽魚の記録を残す浙江省の嘉興の南湖とともに西湖も金魚の発生地,その故郷であるとされている。…

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