Shan Hai Jing - Mysterious and Strange Pictures, Broad-minded and Knowledgeable Text (Classic Illustrated Text): Mysterious and Strange Pictures, Broad-minded and Knowledgeable Text (Classic Illustrated Text)

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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: □Shan Zhao Yao Shan[Original] The first mountain of the Southern Mountains in the Nanshan Jing. Its head is called Zhao Yao Mountain, located at the western edge of the Western Sea, abundant in cassia trees and gold and jade. There is a grass that resembles chives but has green flowers. It is called Zhu Yu, and eating it prevents hunger. There is a tree that resembles mulberry but has black grain. Its flowers shine in all directions. It is called Mi Gu, and wearing it prevents getting lost. There is an animal that resembles a macaque but has white ears. It sometimes crawls and sometimes walks upright. It is called Xing Xing, and eating it improves one's ability to walk. The Li Shan River originates here and flows westward into the sea. The river is rich in a type of aquatic product called Yu Pei, and wearing it prevents parasitic diseases.
[Notes]
①□: An ancient character for magpie.
②: An ancient character for flower.
③: Refers to paper mulberry, an ancient tree used to make paper. Grain: Texture.
④: Refers to the macaque, an ancient type of monkey.
⑤: Refers to the orangutan. According to different versions of the Shanhaijing, Xing Xing roughly comes in three forms: one resembles a monkey, another has a human face and a pig's body, and the third has a human form covered in animal fur.
⑥□: An ancient river name.
⑦: Refers to intestinal parasites such as roundworms and pinworms.
[Translation] The Southern Mountains recorded in the Nanshan Jing the major mountain range is called Qu Mountain, with the first mountain being Zhao Yao Mountain. It is located at the western edge of the Western Sea, with many cassia trees and abundant gold and jade deposits. There grows a type of grass that resembles chives but has small green flowers. This grass is called Zhu Yu, and eating it prevents hunger. There is also a tree that resembles mulberry but has black grain, and its flowers shine in all directions. It is called Mi Gu, and wearing its flowers prevents getting lost. There is also an animal that resembles a macaque but has white ears. It sometimes crawls and sometimes walks upright. It is called Xing Xing, and eating it improves one's ability to walk. The Li Shan River originates here and flows westward into the sea. The river is rich in a type of aquatic product called Yu Pei, and wearing it prevents parasitic diseases. P001-P002