Associated with unicorns, the ch'i-lin of this large country's pantheon visits when philosophers are born
The unicorn, which ... 
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/k/ki-lin.html  MCMXCV - MMIX... [DOC] [TLE] Chinese Unicorns - All About Unicorns [PAR] It would also appear when a great leader was about to die or be born.