山海經·海外東經 Classic of Regions Beyond the Eastern Seas

The lands beyond the seas, from the southeastern corner to the northeastern corner.

At Mount Xieqiu, there are discarded jade, azure horses, shirou (flesh-lingots), carambolas, sweet hawthorns, and sweet flowering trees; it is where the hundred fruits grow. It lies in the Eastern Sea, with two mountains flanking a hill, topped with trees. Another name is Jieqiu; another account says it is where the hundred fruits grow, situated east of Yao's burial place.

The Country of Giants (Daren) lies to its north. Its people are huge; they sit while whittling boats. Another account says it lies north of Mount Changxieqiu.

The Corpse of Shebi lies to its north; he has a beast's body, a human face, large ears, and wears two green serpents as earrings. Another account calls him the Corpse of Ganyu, north of the Giants.

The Country of Gentlemen (Junzi) lies to its north. They wear robes and caps, carry swords at their waists, eat meat, and keep two patterned tigers at their side; their people love yielding and do not quarrel. There is the Xunhua grass, which blossoms in the morning and dies at dusk. Another account says it lies north of the Corpse of Ganyu.

The Honghong beings lie to its north, each possessing two heads. Another account says they lie north of the Country of Gentlemen.

In the Valley of Chaoyang, the deity is named Tianwu, who is the Count of the Waters. He dwells between two rivers north of the Honghong. In his beast form, he has eight heads with human faces, eight feet, eight tails, and a back of greenish yellow.

The Country of Green Hill (Qingqiu) lies to its north. Its people eat the five grains and wear silk garments. Its foxes have four feet and nine tails. Another account says it lies north of Chaoyang.

The Thearch commanded Shuhai to pace off the earth, from the eastern extremity to the western extremity: five hundred million, one hundred thousand, nine thousand and eight hundred paces. Shuhai held counting rods in his right hand and pointed with his left hand north of Qingqiu. Another account says Yu commanded Shuhai. Another account gives the distance as five hundred million, one hundred thousand, nine thousand and eight hundred paces.

The Country of Black Teeth (Heichi) lies to its north. Its people are black; they eat rice and devour serpents, keeping one red serpent and one green serpent beside them. Another account says: it lies north of Shuhai; its people have black heads, eat rice, and handle serpents, one of which is red.

Below is the Boiling Canyon (Tanggu). Above Tanggu is the Fusang Tree, where the ten suns bathe; it lies north of the Black Teeth. Standing in the midst of the water is a great tree: nine suns rest on its lower branches, and one sun rests on its topmost branch.

The Country of the Rain Master's Concubine (Yushiqie) lies to its north. Its people are black; each holds a serpent in either hand, with a green serpent at their left ear and a red serpent at their right ear. Another account says it lies north of the Ten Suns; its people have black bodies and human faces, and each grasps a turtle.

The Country of Black Thighs (Xuangu) lies to its north. Its people have black thighs, wear fish skins and eat gulls, flanked by two birds. Another account says it lies north of the Rain Master's Concubine.

The Country of Hairy People (Maomin) lies to its north. Its people grow hair all over their bodies. Another account says it lies north of Xuangu.

The Country of Toiling People (Laomin) lies to its north. Its people are black and eat tree fruits and plant seeds. There is a bird with two heads. Some call it the Jiaomin (Taught People). Another account says it lies north of the Maomin; their faces, eyes, hands, and feet are all completely black.

In the east is Jumang; he has a bird's body and a human face, and rides upon two dragons.

On the bingxu day in the fourth month of the first year of the Jianping era [6 BCE], Palace Attendant-in-Waiting attached to the Minister of Ceremonies, Your Servant Wang, collation and revision; Palace Attendant and Minister of the Household, Your Servant Gong, and Palace Attendant, Commandant of the Imperial Carriages, and Grand Palace Grandee, Your Servant Xiu [Liu Xin], presided over and inspected this text.

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