FUM, or FUND HWANG  , one of the four symbolical creatures which in Chinese mythology are believed to keep watch and ward over the Celestial Empire . It was begotten by fire, was born in the Hill of the Sun's Halo, and its body bears inscribed on it the five cardinal virtues . It has the breast of a goose, the hind-quarters of a stag, a snake's neck, a fish's tail, a fowl's forehead, a duck's down, the marks of a dragon, the back of a tortoise, the face of a swallow, the beak of a cock, is about six cubits high, and perches only on the woo-tung tree . The appearance of Fum heralds an age of universal virtue . Its figure is that which is embroidered on the dresses of some mandarins .