Chapter 20 The Classic of Mountains and Seas The Sixteen Great Desolation West

Outside the Northwest Sea, in a corner of the wilderness, there is a mountain that does not fit together. It is called Buzhou (negative son), and there are two yellow beasts guarding it.There is water called the water of cold and heat.There is Shishan in the west of the water, and Mushan in the east of the water.Yu attacked Gonggong Mountain. 【Translation】Beyond the Northwest Sea, in a corner of the wilderness, there is a broken mountain called Buzhou Mountain, guarded by two yellow beasts.There is a stream called cold and hot water.There is a wet mountain to the west of the cold and hot water, and a curtain mountain to the east of the cold and hot water.There is also a Yugong Gonggong Mountain.

There is a country named Shushi, the son of Zhuan (zhu1n) and Xu (x&). 【Translation】There is a country named Shushi, and the people here are descendants of Emperor Zhuanxu. There are ten gods, named Nuwa (w3) Zhigu ①, who turned into gods, and lived in the wide field of chestnut (l@); they lived across the road. [Notes] ① Nuwa: According to myths and legends, Nuwa is a goddess who is an emperor as a goddess. She has a human face and a snake body. She changes seventy times a day, and her intestines transform into these ten gods. . 【Translation】There are ten gods and men named Nüwachang, that is, Nvwa's intestines were transformed into gods, and they lived in the field called Liguang; they blocked the road and lived.

There is a man named Shi Yi, [the west is called Yi], and the wind is called Wei, and it is located in the northwest corner to measure the length of the sun and the moon. 【Translation】There is a god-man named Shi Yi, who is simply called Yi by Westerners, and the wind blowing from the north is called Wei. He is in the northwest corner of the earth and is in charge of the rising and setting times of the sun and moon. There is a bird with five harvests and a crown, which is called crazy bird. 【Translation】There is a bird with colorful feathers and a crown on its head, which is called mad bird.

There is a long mountain of Daze.There is the country of the Bai family. 【Translation】There is a big lake and a long mountain.There is a Bai family. Beyond the Northwest Sea, to the east of Chishui, there is the Kingdom of Long Shanks. 【Translation】Beyond the Northwest Sea, on the east bank of Chishui, there is the country of Changshan. There is the country of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Ji (j9) surnamed, Shigu.There was Fang Geng, whose name was Shujun.Emperor Jun gave birth to Hou Ji, and Ji descended with a hundred grains.Ji's younger brother is called Tai (t2i) Xi (t1i), who gave birth to Shujun ②.Uncle Jun sowed a hundred grains on behalf of his father and Ji, and began to cultivate.There is Chiguo wife's family.There are two mountains.

【Notes】①Emperor Jun: This refers to Emperor Ku (k)), whose name is Jun.Legend has it that his second concubine gave birth to Houji.Houji: According to ancient history, he was the ancestor of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty. His surname was Ji, and his name was Houji. ②Shujun: It was said above that Shujun was the grandson of Houji, and also the son of Emperor Shun, but here it is said that he was the son of Taixi, Houji’s younger brother. The different theories are due to differences in myths and legends. 【Translation】There is a country in the Western Zhou Dynasty, where people surnamed Ji eat rice.A man named Shujun was plowing a field.Emperor Jun gave birth to Houji, and Houji brought the seeds of various grains from the sky to the lower realm.Houji's younger brother was called Taixi, and Taixi gave birth to Shujun.So Shujun replaced his father and Houji in planting various grains, and began to invent methods of farming.There is a Chiguo wife's family.There are two mountains.

Beyond the Western Sea, in the middle of the wilderness, there are Fangshan Mountains with green trees on them, called cabinet pine trees, where the sun and moon come in and go out. 【Translation】Beyond the Western Sea, in the midst of the wilderness, there is a mountain called Fangshan. On the mountain there is a big blue tree named Guige Song, which is the place where the sun and moon come and go. Beyond the Northwest Sea, to the west of Chishui, there is (first) [Heaven] the country of the people, which eats grains and makes four birds. 【Translation】Beyond the Northwest Sea, on the west bank of Chishui, there is the Kingdom of Tianmin. The people here eat grains and can domesticate and drive four kinds of wild animals.

There is the country of Beidi.The grandson of the Yellow Emperor is called Shijun, who was born in Beidi. 【Translation】There is a country called Beidi.The grandson of the Yellow Emperor was called Shijun, and the descendants of Shijun were from Beidi. There is Mount Mount.There is Guishan.There is a mountain, on which there is a man named Prince Changqin.Zhuan (zhu1n) Xu (x&) gave birth to the old boy, the old boy gave birth to Zhu Rong, and Zhu Rong gave birth to the prince Changqin. [Notes] ①Old boy: that is, the above-mentioned god-man elder boy.Legend has it that Emperor Zhuanxu married the Teng family, named Nulu, and gave birth to Laotong. ② Zhurong: Legend has it that Gaoxin's Huozheng, named Wu Hui, was known as Zhurong, and after his death he was the god of Huoguan.

【Translation】There is a Mount Mount.There is Guishan.There is a mountain of bamboo, and there is a man on the mountain, known as the prince Changqin.Zhuan Suo gave birth to Laotong, Laotong gave birth to Zhu Rong, and Zhu Rong gave birth to Prince Changqin, so the prince Changqin lived on Mt. There are three names for Wucai Niao: one is called Huangniao, the other is called Luanniao, and the other is called Fengniao. 【Translation】There are three kinds of birds with colorful feathers: one is called the huang bird, the other is called the luan bird, and the other is called the phoenix bird.

There are worm-like dodder (t)) ①, the latter is naked (lu%) behind the chest, and the green is like ape-like ②. 【Notes】①Insects: The ancients collectively referred to animals as humans, birds and beasts as insects. For example, birds are called feather worms, beasts are called caterpillars, turtles are called beetles, fish are called scale insects, and humans are called naked worms.This refers to the beast.Tu: Tong "rabbit". ② Shape: This does not refer to the specific shape, but refers to the appearance of a certain degree of color depth. 【例句】There is a kind of beast whose shape is similar to that of a common rabbit. The back part of the chest is completely exposed but cannot be distinguished. This is because its fur is as green as an ape and covers the exposed part.

In the wilderness, there is a mountain named Fengju (j) Yumen, where the sun and the moon enter. 【Translation】In the midst of the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain called Fengju Yumen Mountain, which is the place where the sun and moon descend. There are Lingshan, Wuxian, Wuji, Wuyi (f6n), Wupeng, Wugu, Wuzhen, Wuli, Wudai, Wuxie, Wuluo and ten witches, from here on up and down, and hundreds of medicines are here. [Translation] There is a spiritual mountain, from which ten wizards, including Wu Xian, Wu Ji, Wu Chu, Wu Peng, Wu Gu, Wu Zhen, Wu Li, Wu Da, Wu Xie, and Wu Luo, ascended to heaven and earth. In the world, all kinds of medicines grow here.

(West) There are [West] Queen Mother Mountain, Gully (h6) Mountain, and Sea Mountain.There is a country with fertile [people], and fertile people are the place. In the fertile field, the eggs of the phoenix are food, and the nectar is drink.Whatever it wants, its taste is all there.There are Ganhua, Gansu (zh1), Bailiu, Shirou, Sanzhao (zhu9), Xuan (xu2n) Rose (gu9), Yaobi, Baimu, Lang (l2ng)gan, Baidan, Qingdan①, and more silver, iron.The luan (phoenix) [bird] sings by itself, and the phoenix dances by itself. There are hundreds of beasts, and the place where they flock together is called a fertile field. 【Notes】①San Zou: A horse with variegated fur.Xuan: Beautiful jade.Rose: A beautiful stone like jade.Shiraki: A pure white tree. Langgan: A legendary tree full of beads.White Dan: A natural mineral used as a white dye.Qingdan: A natural mineral that can be used as a cyan dye. 【Translation】There are West Queen Mother Mountain, Heshan Mountain, and Sea Mountain.There was a country of Wo, and the people of Wo lived here. People living in the fertile fields eat eggs laid by phoenix birds and drink nectar from heaven.All the delicacies they want in their hearts can be tasted in the phoenix eggs and nectar.There are also ganhua trees, tamarind trees, white willow trees, meat-seeking monsters, three-year-old horses, xuanyu guishi, yaoyu jasper, white wood trees, langgan trees, white dan, qingdan, and more silver and iron.The phoenix sings freely, the phoenix dances freely, and all kinds of wild animals live in groups, so they are called fertile fields. There are three blue birds, red head and black eyes, one is called big ■ (l@), one is young ■, and the other is called blue bird. 【Translation】There are three big cyan birds with red heads and black eyes, one is called Big ■, one is called Shao ■, and the other is called Blue Bird. There is the platform of Xuanyuan, and the shooter dare not (shoot) to the west, fearing the platform of Xuanyuan. [Notes] ① Xuanyuan Tower: The Xuanyuan Hill mentioned above is the place where the legendary ancient emperor Huangdi lived, so it was named Xuanyuan. 【Translation】There is Xuanyuan Terrace, and archers dare not shoot to the west, because they are in awe of the mighty spirit of the Yellow Emperor on Xuanyuan Terrace. In the wilderness, there is Longshan, where the sun and the moon enter.There is Sanzeshui①, named Sannao (n4o), which I eat in Kunming②. [Note] ①Ze: A depression where water gathers.It is used as a verb here, meaning to gather. ② Kunwu: According to legend, it was a tribe in ancient times.Food: Shiyi, that is, in ancient times, it was a place dedicated to supplying a certain person or a certain group of people with daily necessities. 【Translation】In the wilderness, there is a dragon mountain, which is the place where the sun and moon descend.There are three converging large water fields, named Sannao, where the Kunwu people obtain food. There is a person who wears blue clothes and covers his face with a sleeve of sleeves (m6i), and he is called the corpse of a female ugly. [Note] ①碧: the sleeve of the clothes. ②Corpse of the Ugly Girl: It was said above that the corpse of the Ugly Female covered her face with her right hand, but here it is said that she covered her face with her sleeves, probably because the portrait in the original picture is different. 【Translation】There is a person wearing blue clothes, covering his face with his sleeves, named female ugly corpse. There is a country of women. 【Translation】There is a country of women. There is Taoshan.There is ■ (m2ng) mountain ①.There is Guishan.Yu Tushan. 【Notes】①■ Mountain: That is, Mount Mountain mentioned above. 【Translation】There is a peach mountain.There are also mountains.There is another Laurel Mountain.There is another seat on the earth mountain. There is a country of husbands. 【Translation】There is a husband country. There is a mountain in Yan (y1n), and a bird of five harvests looks up to the sky, which is called Songbird.There is the wind of Baile song. 【Translation】There is a Yanzhou mountain, and there is a bird with colorful feathers on the mountain, which is called Songbird.So there are all kinds of music, singing and dancing popular here. There is the country of Xuanyuan.It is auspicious to live in the south of the country, and those who do not live are eight hundred years old. 【Translation】There is a kingdom of Xuanyuan.The people here regard living in the south of the rivers and mountains as auspicious, and even the short-lived people lived to be 800 years old. In the West Sea (zh ()中①, there is a god with a human face and a bird body, two green snakes and two red snakes, named Yan (y1n). [Note] ①陼: Same as "Zhu".Small patches of land in water. [Translation] On an island in the West Sea, there is a god-man with a human face and a bird's body, with two blue snakes hanging on his ears and two red snakes under his feet. His name is Yanzi. In the great wilderness, there is a mountain named Riyue Mountain, also known as Tianshu (sh&).Wu Yu Tianmen, where the sun and the moon enter.There is a god, a human face without arms, and two feet belong to (zh()) on the head (mountain) [upper] ①, and the name is boo. Order Zhongxian to go to heaven ③, and order Li (Qiong) [Yin] to go down to the ground ④. Going down to the ground is choking, and it is in the west pole, and it is the time of the sun, the moon and the stars. [Note] ① Genus: consecutive. ② Heavy: Nanzheng, the official in charge of heavenly things in myths and legends.Li: According to myths and legends, Huo Zheng, an official who manages underground humans. ③Offer: Hold something with your hands to give someone.Here is the meaning of lifting. ④ India: traces on other objects.If stamping a letter, press the stamp down.Therefore, Yinketong's "suppression" means to suppress, to press down. 【Translation】In the wilderness, there is a mountain named Riyue Mountain, which is the hub of the sky.The main peak of this mountain is called Tianmen Mountain of Wuzhen, where the sun and moon descend.There is a god-man who looks like a man but has no arms. His feet are turned upside down and connected to his head. His name is Boo.Emperor Zhuanxu gave birth to the old boy, and the old boy gave birth to Chong and Li. Emperor Zhuanxu ordered Chong to support the sky and lift it up with all his strength, and ordered Li to press down on the ground with all his strength.So Li went underground and choked. He was at the westernmost end of the earth, in charge of the order of the sun, moon and stars. Someone turned his back on it, and his name was Tianyu. [Translation] There is a god-man with arms, named Tianyu. There is a woman who bathes in the moon.Emperor Jun's wife, Changxi (x9), was born on the twelfth of twelve months, and she began to take a bath. 【例句】A woman was bathing the moon.Di Jun's wife, Chang Xi, gave birth to twelve moons, and only then began to bathe the moons. There is a mountain of Xuandan.There are birds of five colors and human faces with hair.There are green mallets (w6n), yellow ■ (2o), blue birds, and yellow birds, and those who gather them will perish. 【Translation】There is a Xuandan Mountain.On Mount Xuandan there is a bird with colorful feathers, a human face and hair.There are also blue mallets and yellow cockroaches here. These blue birds and yellow birds will perish in whichever country they gather and inhabit. There is a pool named Meng Yizhi Gong Zhuan (zhu1n) Xu (x&) pool. 【Translation】There is a pond named Meng Yigong Zhuanxu Pool. In the wilderness, there is a mountain named Ji (2o) Jia (2o) Ju, which is entered by the sun and the moon. 【Translation】In the middle of the wilderness, there is a mountain named Jijiaju Mountain, which is the place where the sun and moon descend. There is a beast with heads on the left and right, and its name is Ping (p0ng) Peng. 【Translation】There is a kind of beast with two heads on the left and one on the right, named Pingpeng. There are Wushan people.There are valleys (h6) mountains.There is the mountain of Jinmen, and some people call it the corpse of Huang Yan.There are lovebirds.There are white birds, blue wings, yellow tails, and black beaks (hu9).There is a red dog named Tiangou, and there are soldiers under it. 【Translation】There is a mountain called Wushan.There is another mountain called Heshan.There is also Jinmen Mountain, and there is a man named Huang Yanshi on the mountain.There are lovebirds.There is a white bird with blue wings, a yellow tail, and a black beak.There is a red dog named Tengu, and wherever it descends, wars will break out. South of the West Sea, on the shore of the quicksand, behind the Chishui River and before the Black River, there is a great mountain called Kunlun Hill. There is a god, a human face and a tiger body, (with) writing (with) tail, all white ①, let's deal with it.Below it is the abyss ring of weak water ②, and outside it is the mountain of flames, throwing things (zh6) and then ③.Someone wears a hoopoe ④ with tiger teeth and a leopard's tail. The cave is called the Queen Mother of the West.This mountain has everything. 【Note】①White: Refers to the tail dotted with white spots. ② Weak water: According to legend, this kind of water is too light to float the feathers of swan geese. ③ Noir: That is, just.Ran: the original character of "burning".combustion. ④ Sheng: Jewelry for women in ancient times. 【Translation】In the south of the West Sea, on the edge of the quicksand, behind the Chishui, and in front of the Blackshui, stands a huge mountain, the Kunlun Mountains.There is a god-man with a human face, a tiger's body, and a patterned tail with white spots all over it, living on this Kunlun Mountain.At the foot of Kunlun Mountain, there is an abyss of weak water surrounding it. Outside the abyss, there is a flaming volcano, which burns when something is thrown into it.There is a person who wears jade jewelry on his head, full of tiger teeth, and a leopard-like tail. He lives in a cave and is called Queen Mother of the West.This mountain has everything in the world. In the wilderness, there is a mountain named Changyang Mountain, where the sun and the moon enter. 【Translation】In the wilderness, there is a mountain called Changyang Mountain, which is the place where the sun and moon descend. There is a frigid country.There are two female sacrifices and female halls (mi6). 【Translation】There is a cold and desolate country.There are two gods and men called female priests and female priests. There is a country of longevity hemp.Nanyue married a mountain girl from Zhou, named Nüqian (qi2n).Nvqian gave birth to Jige, and Jige gave birth to Shouma.Shou Ma stood upright without a view (y! ng) ①, screaming silently.There is a great heat, so you can't go there. [Notes] ① King: The original character of "shadow". [Translation] There is a country called Shou Ma.Nanyue married a woman from Zhoushan, and her name was Nuqian.Nvqian gave birth to Jige, and Jige gave birth to Shouma.Shouma stood upright under the sun without seeing any shadow, shouting loudly without any echo from all directions.It is extremely hot here, and people are not allowed to go there. There was a man without a head, who stood up with a sword and a shield, and was called Xia Geng's Corpse.Therefore, Cheng Tang defeated Xia Jie (ji6) in Zhangshan①, restrained him, and cut Gengjue (ju6) before②.Geng was established without a leader, and Jue Jiu (ji)) ③, descended to Wushan. [Notes] ①Cheng Tang: That is, Shang Tang King, the founding king of the Shang Dynasty.Xia Jie: King Xia Jie, the last king of the Xia Dynasty. ② Jue: Pronoun, here refers to Cheng Tang. ③■: The original character of "walk".Here is the meaning of escape.Jue: This refers to Xia Geng's corpse.Blame: guilt. 【Translation】There was a headless man standing with a dagger and a shield in his hand. His name was Xia Gengshi. In the past, Cheng Tang attacked Xia Jie in Zhangshan, defeated Xia Jie, and beheaded Xia Geng's corpse in front of him.After Xia Gengshi stood up, he found that his head was missing, so he fled to Wushan to escape his guilt. Some people call it Wu Hui ①, Qi (j9) Left ②, because he has no right arm. [Notes] ①Wu Hui: That is, the Vulcan God Zhurong mentioned above.It is also said that he is the younger brother of Zhu Rong, who is also the official of Huo Zheng.Belongs to myths and legends. ② Odd: odd number.Here it refers to a single thing as opposed to a spouse thing. 【Translation】There was a man named Wu Hui who had only his left arm, but no right arm. A country with covered mountains.There is a tree with red skin, branches, and green leaves, called vermilion wood. [Note] ① Branch: Tong "branch". 【Translation】There is a Gaishan country.There is a kind of tree here, the bark, branches and trunk are all red, and the leaves are blue. It is called vermilion. One-armed people. 【Translation】There is a kind of one-armed people with only one arm. In the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain called the Mountain of the Great Wilderness, into which the sun and the moon enter.There is a man with three faces, the son of Zhuan (zhu1n) Xu (x&), with three faces and one arm, and the man with three faces is immortal.It's the wilderness. 【Translation】In the midst of the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain called the Great Wilderness Mountain, where the sun and the moon descend. There is a kind of person whose head has a face on the front, left side, and right side. They are descendants of Zhuanxu. They have three faces and one arm. People with three faces will never die.This is the so-called Great Wilderness. Beyond the Southwest Sea, south of the Chishui River and west of the Quicksand, there are people riding two green snakes and riding two dragons, called Xia Houkai.Open the upper three concubines (b9n) in Tian②, and get the following "Nine Debates" and "Nine Songs".This Tianmu Zhiye is two thousand Renren high, and Kai Yande begins the song "Nine Moves (sh1o)". 【Notes】①Xiahoukai: It is the Xiahoukai mentioned above.Because people in the Han Dynasty avoided the taboo of the name of Liu Qi, emperor of the Han Dynasty, they changed "Qi" to "Kai". ②婚:婚 and Bin are commonly used in ancient characters.As a verb here, it means to be a guest. ③ Ren: Eight feet in ancient times was one Ren. 【Translation】Beyond the Southwest Sea, on the south bank of Chishui River, west of Quicksand, there was a man with two blue snakes hanging from his ears, and riding two dragons, his name was Xia Houqi.Xia Houqi visited the Emperor of Heaven three times as a guest, and got the music "Nine Debates" and "Nine Songs" from the Emperor of Heaven, and came down to the world.This is the so-called Tianmuye, with a height of 2,000 ren, where Xia Houqi began to play the music of "Nine Moves". There is a country of (mutual) [Di] people.The grandson of Emperor Yan is named Lingyun (q@)①, and Lingyun is born (hu) [Di], who can go up and down in the sky. [Notes] ① Emperor Yan: The legendary ancient emperor Shennong.He was called Emperor Yan because of his virtue of fire, and he was called Shennong because he created agricultural tools and taught people how to grow crops. 【Translation】There is a country of Di people.The grandson of Emperor Yan was named Lingyun, and Lingyun gave birth to Di people, who could ride clouds and fog up and down the sky. There is a fish that is dying, and the name is the fishwife. Zhuan (zhu1n) Xu (x&) revives after death.When the wind comes from the north, the sky becomes a spring of great water, and the snake turns into a fish, a fishwife.Zhuanxu revived after death. [Notes] ① Road: from, by. ②For: to say, to think. 【Translation】There is a kind of fish whose body is half dry, called the fishwife, which was transformed by Emperor Zhuanxu who woke up immediately after his death.When the wind blows from the north, water gushes out from the sky like a spring, and the snake turns into a fish. This is the so-called fishwife.And the dead Zhuanxu took advantage of the undecided change of the snake fish to lift his fish body and revived. There is a blue bird with a yellow body and bare feet, with six heads, and its name is zhu (zhu) bird. 【Translation】There is a blue bird with a yellow body, red claws, and six heads. It is called ■bird. There is Dawu Mountain.There is a mountain of gold.In the southwest, in the (middle) corner of the Great Wilderness, there are Pianju and Changyang Mountains. 【Translation】There is a big Wushan.Another golden mountain.In the southwest, in a corner of the Great Wilderness, there are Pianju Mountain and Changyang Mountain. Note: It will be opened immediately after the summer, avoiding the taboo cloud of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty①. [Note] ① These two sentences are not the original text, and I don't know who inscribed them, but they are owned by the original version, and they still exist today. 【Translation】Note: Xiahoukai is Xiahouqi, which was changed to avoid the name taboo of Han Jingdi Liu Qi.