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海内南经
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海內南經
海內東南陬以西者。
甌居海中。閩在海中，其西北有山。一曰閩中山在海中。
三天子鄣山在閩西海北。一曰在海中。
桂林八樹在番隅東。
伯慮國、離耳國、雕題國、北朐國皆在鬱水南。鬱水出湘陵南海。一曰相慮。
梟陽國在北朐之西，其為人人面長脣，黑身有毛，反踵，見人笑亦笑；左手操管。
兕在舜葬東，湘水南，其狀如牛，蒼黑，一角。
蒼梧之山，帝舜葬于陽，帝丹朱葬于陰。
氾林方三百里，在狌狌東。
狌狌知人名，其為獸如豕而人面，在舜葬西。
狌狌西北有犀牛，其狀如牛而黑。
夏后啟之臣曰孟涂，是司神于巴，人請訟于孟涂之所，其衣有血者乃執之，是請生。居山上，在丹山西。
窫窳龍首，居弱水中，在狌狌之西，其狀如貙，龍首，食人。
有木，其狀如牛，引之有皮，若纓、黃蛇。其葉如羅，其實如欒，其木如蓲，其名曰建木。在窫窳西弱水上。
氐人國在建木西，其為人人面而魚身，無足。
巴蛇食象，三歲而出其骨，君子服之，無心腹之疾。其為蛇青黃赤黑。一曰黑蛇青首，在犀牛西。
旄馬，其狀如馬，四節有毛。在巴蛇西北，高山南。
Translation
Classic of the Interior Regions: South
Within the interior regions, from the southeast corner westward.
Ou dwells in the sea. Min is in the sea, with mountains to its northwest. One account says the mountains of Min are in the sea.
The Mountain of the Three Sons of Heaven lies west of Min, north of the sea. One account says it is in the sea.
The Eight Cassia Trees of Guilin lie east of Panyu.
The Kingdoms of Bolu, Li'er, Diaoti, and Beiqu all lie south of the Yu River. The Yu River flows out of the southern sea of Xiangling. One account calls it Xianglu.
The Kingdom of Xiaoyang lies west of Beiqu; its people have human faces, long lips, hairy black bodies, and reversed heels. When they see someone, they laugh — and while laughing, they grasp a tube in their left hand.
The Si (rhinoceros-like beast) lies east of Shun's burial site, south of the Xiang River; it is shaped like an ox, dark grey-blue, with one horn.
Mount Cangwu: Emperor Shun is buried on its south face, and Emperor Danzhu on its north.
The Fan Forest extends three hundred li square, east of the Xingxing (orangutan-like beasts).
The Xingxing know human names; they are beasts shaped like pigs with human faces, dwelling west of Shun's burial site.
Northwest of the Xingxing there are rhinoceroses, shaped like oxen and black in color.
A minister of Xia King Qi was named Mengtu, who served as the spirit-master in Ba. When people had lawsuits, they would go to Mengtu; those whose clothes bore blood were seized — this was called "pleading for life." He dwelt on a mountain west of Mount Dan.
The Yayu has a dragon's head and dwells in the Weak Water, west of the Xingxing. It is shaped like a chu (owl-like beast), has a dragon's head, and devours humans.
There is a tree shaped like an ox; pulling it brings forth bark like ribbons and yellow snakes. Its leaves are like the Luo, its fruit like the Luan, its trunk like the Qiu; it is called Jianmu (Establishing Tree). It lies south of the Yayu, on the bank of the Weak Water.
The Kingdom of Diren (Fish People) lies west of Jianmu; its people have human faces and fish bodies, without feet.
The Ba serpent swallows elephants and takes three years to spit out the bones. A gentleman who takes it as medicine will suffer no heart or belly ailments. The serpent is green, yellow, red, and black. One account says it is a black serpent with a green head, lying west of the rhinoceros.
The Maoma is shaped like a horse with long hair at its four joints. It lies northwest of the Ba serpent, on the south face of the high mountain.