FULVIA, a Roman woman, lived about 80-10 B.C. She was the daughter of Fulvius Bambalio, and was married three times—her third husband being Marc Antony, for whose sake she abandoned a dissolute life. By hint she had two sons. When lit allowed himself to be detained in Egypt by Cleopatra, F. stirred up an insurrection to compel his return home; and to revenge herself at the same time upon Octavius, who had married and repudiated her daughter Clodia. The insurrection was quelled, and she fled to Greece, where Antony met her with many reproaches. She died of disap pointment, and Antony married Octavia, sister of Augustus. It is recorded of F. that when the head of Cicero was brought to her she thrust a needle through the tongue.
FUN, or, more properly, FuNo—the first being the Portuguese pronunciation of the word; the Chinese phcenix—one of the four symbolical animals supposed to preside over the destinies of the Chinese empire. Its appearance indicates an age of universal virtue, the influence of which has extended throughout creation. It is supposed to originate from the element of fire, and to be born in the Tan-lieue, or Hill of the Fiery Halo of the Sue; to have the forepart of a goose, hind-quarters of a stag, neck of, a snake, fish's tail, fowl's forehead, down of a duck, dragon's marks, the back of a tor toise, face of a swallow, and beak of a cock, with beak, claws, and feathers of various colors, red crest, and golden beak. It is about six cubits high, and comes from the east.
In mystical language, it is called the Lelli-kwan, or " mandarin of time," and it is said to have a forehead like heaven, eyes like the sun, back like the moon, wings like the wind, feet like earth, and a tail like the planets. On its body are inscribed the five cardinal virtues. According to sonic authors, it only perches or. the woo-tung tree, and eats the seeds of the bamboo; others describe it as swallowing small carp. Other accounts say it eats no living insect, and treads on no growing plant. Its voice is said to be like a flute, drum, or even thunder. When seen, it is followed by birds. Accord ing to Chinese history, iti has occasionally appeared; and a celebrated female flute player, named Lung-yu, is said to have enticed it from heaven with her music, and then fled away with it. Like the phoenix of the Egyptians and roc of the Arabs, the bird may have had a historical origin, subsequently disfigured by fiction. It is often repre• seated on Chinese Works of art, under the form of a gallinaceous bird, and is embroid ered on the dresses of mandarins of a certain rank. It is mentioned by some modern English poets.—Kidd, History of China, p. 267; Ching-tsze-tung, 172 sect.; Yuen-keen luy-han, 148 sect.