The Chinese Encyclopedia
A character in a Borges story finds an old Chinese encyclopedia that presents a strange taxonomy of animals, dividing them into the following categories: (a) belonging to the Emperor(b) embalmed(c) tame(d) suckling pigs(e) sirens(f) fabulous(g) stray dogs(h) included in the present classification(i) frenzied(j) innumerable(k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush(l) et cetera(m) having just …