Chapter 12 The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Eight Seas and the North

Overseas from (East) [West] North Zou (z#u) to (West) [East] North Zou. 【Translation】Overseas countries, regions, mountains and rivers from the northwest corner to the northeast corner are as follows. There is no (■) [Qi] (q!) The country is a long-term shareholder, and there is no (■) [Qi] ①. [Notes] ① Wuqi: No heir.It is said that the people of Wuqi Kingdom lived in caves, usually ate soil, regardless of gender, and were buried when they died, but their hearts did not decay, and they became human again 120 years after death. 【Translation】The state of Wuqi is to the east of the state of Changgu, and the people there have no children.

The god of Zhongshan, named Zhuyin, regards it as day, closes it as night, blows it as winter, calls it summer, does not drink, does not eat, does not rest, breathes as wind, and is thousands of miles long.In the east of Wu (■) [Qi].It is a thing, with a human face, a snake body, red color, and lives under Zhongshan Mountain. [Translation] The mountain god of Zhongshan is called Zhuyin. When he opens his eyes, it is day, and when he closes his eyes, it is night. When he breathes out, it is winter, and when he breathes out, it is hot summer. If he does not drink water or eat food, If you don't breathe, you will generate wind when you breathe, and your body will be a thousand miles long.The Zhuyin God is to the east of Wuqi Kingdom.His appearance is a face like a human, a body like a snake, and his whole body is red. He lives at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain.

Yimu country is in the east, and Yimu lives in front of it.One said there are siblings. 【Translation】Yimu country is in the east of Zhongshan, where people have one eye in the middle of their faces. Another way of saying it is that ordinary people have arms and legs. The country of Rouli is in the east of Yimu, with one hand and one foot, with the knees turned and the feet bent on top.In a country where the clouds stay in the profit, the people's feet turn back. 【Translation】The country of Rouli is to the east of the country of Yimu, and the people there have one hand and one foot, the knees grow backwards, and the feet are bent upwards.Another way of saying is that Rouli country is called Liuli country, and people's feet are bent backwards.

The minister of Gonggong is called Xiangliu, with nine heads, who eat at Jiushan.The arrival of Xiangliu, Jue (ju6) is Zexi ①.Yu killed Xiangliu, the blood was bloody, and it was not suitable to plant five grains (plants)②.Yu Juezhi, Sanren (r6n) Sanju (j()③) is considered the platform of the emperors④. It is in the north of Kunlun, east of Rouli. Xiangliu has nine human faces, and a snake body is green. Dare not Shooting from the north, the platform of Gonggong is feared. The platform is in the east, surrounded by the platform, and there is a snake ⑤ in the corner (y*), the color of a tiger ⑥, and it heads to the south.

[Notes] ① Jue: Tong "拍".dig. ②Five grains: five kinds of grains.Generally refers to crops. ③ Three: Indicates the majority.Ren: through "■", full.Ju: corrupt.Here is the meaning of falling. ④ Emperors: Refers to the legendary ancient emperors such as Emperor Yao, Emperor Ku, Emperor Danzhu, and Emperor Shun. 5 corner: corner. ⑥Tiger color: Huwen, that is, the color and texture of tiger fur. [Translation] The minister of the gods and gods is called Xiangliu, and there are nine heads, and the nine heads eat food on the nine mountains.Wherever Xiangliu's touched, they dug into swamps and streams.Dayu killed Xiangliu's family, and the place where the blood flowed gave off a stench, and the five grains could not be grown.Dayu dug and filled this place, filling it up many times and sinking it many times, so Dayu used the excavated soil to build the emperor platform for the emperors.This Emperor Terrace is to the north of Kunlun Mountains and to the east of Rouli Kingdom.This Xiangliu clan has nine heads and a human face, but a snake body is blue.Archers dare not shoot to the north because they are in awe of Gonggongtai where Gonggong Welling is located.Gonggongtai is in the east of Xiangliu. The platform is square, with a snake on each corner. The markings on its body are similar to those of a tiger, with its head facing south.

The Shenmu Country is in the east, and everyone raises their hands.One (eye) is in Gonggong Taitung. 【Translation】Shenmu country is to the east of Xiangliu's place, and the people there always raise a hand.Another theory holds that Shenmu Kingdom is to the east of Gonggongtai. The country without intestines is in the east of Shenmu, and it is a man without intestines. 【Translation】The Gutless Country is to the east of the Shenmu Country, where the people are tall but have no intestines in their stomachs. The country of Nie (sh6) ears is in the east of the Wuchang country, and it makes two Wenhu ① and Nie Qier ② with two hands.County (xu2n) is located in the sea ③, and the strange things that come in and out of the water.Two tigers are in the east ④.

[Notes] ①Wenhu: That is, carved tiger, the patterns on the tiger's body are like carved paintings. ②Nie: Same as "photograph".hold. ③County: Same as "hang".Nothing to depend on.Here is the meaning of loneliness. ④Two tigers: It refers to the two tigers mentioned above, which is the same as the portrait on the original picture. The images, human shapes, mountain shapes, directions, positions, and other words on the explanatory pictures can be found everywhere since the "Overseas South Classic".Because the original painting has been lost, only the explanatory text remains, and the pictures and text cannot be read together, so the references and descriptions in the text often feel unclear.

【Translation】Nie Er Country is to the east of Wuchang Country, where people control two big spotted tigers, and hold their big ears with their hands while walking.Nie Er Country is on an isolated island surrounded by sea water, so you can see all kinds of monsters entering and leaving the sea.There are two tigers to the east of it. Kuafu walks away with the sun (zh＾u) and enters the sun.Thirsty, want to drink, drink in the rivers and Wei, the rivers and Wei are not enough, drink in the north, drink the big lake, before it arrives, the road will die of thirst.Abandoned his staff and turned into Deng Lin.

【Translation】The god-man Kuafu wants to race against the sun and chase it, and he has already caught up with the sun.At this time, Kuafu was very thirsty and wanted to drink water, so he drank water from the Yellow River and the Weihe River. After drinking the water from the two rivers, his thirst was still not quenched, so he went north to drink the water from Daze. Died on the way.The crutch he threw away when he died became Deng Lin. (Bo) [Kowa] His father's country is in the east of Nie (sh6), he is a National People's Congress, he holds a green snake with his right hand, and a yellow snake with his left hand.Deng Lin is in the east, two trees.One is Bofu.

【Translation】The Kuafu Kingdom is to the east of the Nie Er Kingdom. The people there are tall and tall, holding a blue snake in their right hand and a yellow snake in their left hand.Denglin is to the east of it, and actually it is a forest formed by two very large trees. Another way of saying is that Kuafu country is called Bofu country. The mountain of stones accumulated by Yu is to the east, and the river flows into it. [Notes] ①The mountain of stones accumulated by Yu: It is a mountain, that is, the mountain of stones accumulated by Yu.Legend has it that Dayu once dredged Jishi Mountain to guide the Yellow River to flow.This mountain of accumulated stones is another mountain, not the mountain of stones accumulated by Yu mentioned here.

【Translation】Yu's stone mountain is in the east of Bofu's country, where the Yellow River flows into. The country of arrest (ying) [gall (y! ng)] is in the east, and the country of (tassel) [gall] is in one hand.One is the country of Li (ying) [gall]. 【Notes】①Gall: Cystic neoplasm formed due to the proliferation of neck cells, fleshy and relatively large. 【Translation】The state of Juying is on the east side of the stone mountain where Yu accumulated. People there often use one hand to support the large sarcoma on their necks.Another way of saying is that Juying country is called Liying country. The search for wood is thousands of miles long, in the south of Ju (ying) [gall], on the northwest of the Shenghe River. [Translation] There is a tree called Xunmu, which is a thousand miles long. It grows in the south of Juying, and in the northwest on the bank of the Yellow River. The leg (q＠) heel (zh%ng) country is in the east of Ju (Ying) [Gall] ①, it is the National People's Congress, and the two feet are also big. One is called (big) [anti] heel ②. [Notes] ① Heel: The heel does not touch the ground when walking. ②Anti-heel: The feet are reversed and long, and the direction of travel and the direction of footprints are opposite when walking. 【Translation】The country of Juying is to the east of the country of Juying, and the people there are tall and tall, and their feet are also very big.Another way of saying is that the Knuckle Heel Country is called the Anti-Heel Country. The field of Ou Si is in the east of the (big) [reverse] heel, and a woman kneels and occupies the tree Ou Si ①. [Notes] ①According to the tree: According to the explanation of the ancients, it is based on the mulberry tree that eats mulberry leaves and spits out silk, like silkworms.This is probably the shape on the picture.Ou: Same as "vomit".threw up. 【Translation】Ou Siye is in the east of the country of Fanji, and there is a woman kneeling and leaning against a mulberry tree, spinning silk. The three mulberries have no branches, but in Ou Sidong, their trees are hundreds of feet long and have no branches. [Note] ① Ren: In ancient times, eight feet was one Ren. 【Translation】Three mulberry trees without branches, in the east of Osiye, this kind of tree is a hundred feet high, but it does not grow branches. Fan Linfang is three hundred miles away, in the east of Sansang, under Zhouhuan. [Note] ① Continent: A small piece of land where people or things can live in the water. 【Translation】Fan Lin has a radius of 300 li, to the east of the three mulberry trees, surrounded by sandbars below it. On Wuyu Mountain, Emperor Zhuan (zhu1n) Xu (x&) was buried in Yang①.The nine concubines were buried in Yin②.One is Yuan Youxiong, Ju (p0), Wen Hu, Li Zhu, (鸱) [鸱 (ch9)] Jiu, and Shirou. [Notes] ① Zhuanxu: The legendary ancient emperor. ②Nine concubines: Refers to Zhuanxu's nine concubines. [Translation] Mount Wuyu, Emperor Zhuanxu was buried on the south side of it, and the nine concubines were buried on the north side of it.Another theory holds that there are bears, phoenixes, spotted tigers, Lizhu birds, harpy eagles, and flesh-and-blood monsters here. Pingqiu is in Sansangdong.There are Yiyu, Qing (bird) [horse], Shirou, Yangliu, Ganhua (zh1), Ganhua①, born of all kinds of fruits②. (Yes) [In] There is a valley sandwiched between two mountains, and the two big hills are in the middle, called Pingqiu. [Notes] ① Remaining jade: According to the ancients, it is a kind of jade. First, pine branches turn into Fuling after a thousand years, then turn into amber after a thousand years, and turn into relic jade after a thousand years.Saffron: a legendary tree with red branches, yellow flowers, white leaves and black fruits.Ganhua: A legendary tree with red branches and yellow flowers. ②Hundreds: This means a lot of meanings, not actual meanings. 【Translation】Pingqiu is to the east of the three mulberry trees.There are relics of jade, green horses, flesh-seeing monsters, willow trees, kangaroo trees, and ganhua trees, which are the places where various fruit trees grow.On a valley between two mountains, there are two large hills in between, called flat hills. There is a beast in the North Sea, its shape is like a horse, and its name is 騊 (t2o) 駼 (t*).There is a beast Yan, whose name is 駮 (b￥), which is shaped like a white horse, has saw teeth, and eats tigers and leopards.There is Su Yan, which looks like a horse, and its name is 蛩蛩 (qi￥ngqi￥ng). There is a green beast Yan, which looks like a tiger, and its name is Luoluo. [Translation] In the North Sea there is a wild animal whose shape is like a normal horse, and its name is 騊駼.There is another beast named 駮, which looks like a white horse with jagged teeth and can eat tigers and leopards.There is also a white beast, shaped like a horse, and its name is 蛩蛩.There is also a cyan beast shaped like a tiger named Luo Luo. In the north, Yuqiang (ji1ng) ① has a human face and a bird body, Er (7r) has two green snakes ②, and practiced two green snakes. [Notes] ①Yu Qiang: Also called Xuanming, the water god in myths and legends. ② Er: insert.Here it refers to wearing and hanging. [Translation] Yujiang God in the north has a human face and a bird's body, with two green snakes hanging on his ears, and two green snakes are trampled under his feet.