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有十二隻銅牛馱海：三隻向北，三隻向西，三隻向南，三隻向東；海在牛上，牛尾都向內。

yǒu shí èr zhī tóng niú tuó hǎi ： sān zhī xiàng běi ， sān zhī xiàng xī ， sān zhī xiàng nán ， sān zhī xiàng dōng ； hǎi zài niú shàng ， niú wěi dōu xiàng nèi 。

It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above, and all their hindquarters were inward.