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海外北经
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海外北經
海外自東北陬至西北陬者。
無啓之國在長股東，為人無啓。
鍾山之神名曰燭陰，視為晝，瞑為夜，吹為冬，呼為夏，不飲，不食，不息，息為風，身長千里。在無啓之東。其為物，人面，蛇身，赤色，居鍾山下。
一目國在其東，一目中其面而居。
柔利國在一目東，為人一手一足，反厀，曲足居上。一云留利之國，人足反折。
共工之臣曰相柳氏，九首，以食于九山。相柳之所抵，厥為澤谿。禹殺相柳，其血腥，不可以樹五穀種。禹厥之，三仞三沮，乃以為眾帝之臺。在昆侖之北，柔利之東。相柳者，九首人面，蛇身而青。不敢北射，畏共工之臺。臺在其東，臺四方，隅有一蛇，虎色，首衝南方。
深目國在其東，為人深目，舉一手，一曰在共工臺東。
無腸之國在深目東，其為人長而無腸。
聶耳之國在無腸國東，使兩文虎，為人兩手聶其耳。縣居海水中，及水所出入奇物。兩虎在其東。
夸父與日逐走，入日。渴，欲得飲，飲於河、渭，河、渭不足，北飲大澤。未至，道渴而死。棄其杖，化為鄧林。
夸父國在聶耳東，其為人大，右手操青蛇，左手操黃蛇。鄧林在其東，二樹木。一曰博父。
禹所積石之山在其東，河水所入。
拘癭之國在其東，一手把癭。一曰利癭之國。
尋木長千里，在拘癭南，生河上西北。
跂踵國在拘癭南，其為人兩足皆支。一曰反踵。
歐絲之野在反踵東，一女子跪據樹歐絲。
三桑無枝，在歐絲東，其木長百仞，無枝。
范林方三百里，在三桑東，洲環其下。
務隅之山，帝顓頊葬于陽。九嬪葬于陰。一曰爰有熊、羆、文虎、離朱、𩿨久、視肉。
平丘在三桑東，爰有遺玉、青鳥、視肉、楊柳、甘柤、甘華，百果所生。有兩山夾上谷，二大丘居中，名曰平丘。
北海內有獸，其狀如馬，名曰騊駼。有獸焉，其名曰駮，狀如白馬，鋸牙，食虎豹。有素獸焉，狀如馬，名曰蛩蛩。有青獸焉，狀如虎，名曰羅羅。
北方禺彊，人面鳥身，珥兩青蛇。踐兩青蛇。
Translation
Classic of Regions beyond the Seas: North
Beyond the seas, from the northeast corner to the northwest corner.
The Kingdom of Wuqi lies east of the Kingdom of Changgu; its people have no offspring.
The deity of Mount Zhong is called Zhuyin (Candle-shadow). When it opens its eyes, it is day; when it closes them, it is night. It exhales to bring winter and inhales to bring summer. It neither drinks, eats, nor breathes; when it does breathe, it becomes wind. Its body is a thousand li long, and it lies east of Wuqi. Its form has a human face and a serpent's body, crimson in color, dwelling beneath Mount Zhong.
The Kingdom of Yimu lies to the east; its people have a single eye in the center of their faces.
The Kingdom of Rouli lies east of Yimu; its people have one hand and one foot, with inverted knees and feet turned upward. One version says it is called Liuli, where people's feet bend backward.
A minister of Gonggong was called Xiangliu, with nine heads that fed upon nine mountains. Wherever Xiangliu's body pressed down, the earth collapsed into marshes and streams. Yu slew Xiangliu; wherever its blood flowed, the land became so foul that the five grains could not be planted. Yu dug and filled the ground, but it sank three times after being raised three times, so he built it into a lofty terrace of the emperors. It lies north of Kunlun and east of Rouli. Xiangliu has nine heads, a human face, and a serpent's body of greenish hue. People dare not shoot arrows to the north, for they fear Gonggong's terrace. The terrace lies east of Xiangliu; it is square, and at each corner there is a tiger-colored serpent facing south.
The Kingdom of Shenmu lies to the east; its people have deeply sunken eyes and habitually raise one hand. One account says it lies east of Gonggong's terrace.
The Kingdom of Wuchang lies east of Shenmu; its people are tall and have no intestines.
The Kingdom of Nie'er lies east of Wuchang, driving two striped tigers. Its people cup their ears with both hands. The kingdom hovers in the sea, home to strange things that flow in and out with the water. The two tigers lie to its east.
Kuafu raced with the sun and followed it to the point where the sun sets. He was thirsty and wished to drink, so he went to the Yellow River and Wei River, but their waters were not enough. He then traveled north to drink from the Great Marsh. Before he arrived, he died of thirst on the road. He cast away his staff, and it transformed into Denglin (the Deng Forest).
The Kingdom of Kuafu lies east of Nie'er; its people are tall, grasping a green snake in the right hand and a yellow snake in the left. Denglin, consisting of two great trees, lies to its east. One account says it is called Bofu.
The Mount Jishi heaped up by Yu lies to its east, where the Yellow River flows in.
The Kingdom of Juying lies to the east; its people cradle a large throat-tumor in one hand. One account calls it Liying.
The Xun tree stretches a thousand li, lying south of Juying and growing at the upper northwest of the Yellow River.
The Kingdom of Qizhong lies south of Juying; its people have both feet turned backward. One account calls it Fanzhong (Heel-reversed).
The Wild of Ousi (Silk-spitting) lies east of Fanzhong, where a woman kneels beneath a tree spitting silk.
The Three Mulberries have no branches; they lie east of Ousi, rising a hundred ren tall and bare of boughs.
The Fan Forest extends three hundred li square, lying east of the Three Mulberries, with islets encircling its base.
Mount Wuyu: Emperor Zhuanxu is buried on its south face, and his nine concubines on its north. One account says the mountain is home to bears, brown bears, striped tigers, Lichu birds, Yaojiu, and Shiflesh.
Ping Mound lies east of the Three Mulberries, home to the remnant jade, azure birds, Shiflesh, willows, Ganzha, and Ganhua, where all manner of fruits grow. Two mountains flank the upper valley, with two great mounds in the center, called Ping Mound.
Within the North Sea is a beast shaped like a horse, called Taotu. There is another beast called Bo, resembling a white horse with saw-like teeth, which devours tigers and leopards. There is a white beast shaped like a horse, called Qiongqiong. There is a greenish beast shaped like a tiger, called Luoluo.
The northern deity Yuqiang has a human face and bird's body, wearing two green serpents in its ears and treading upon two green serpents beneath its feet.