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大荒东经
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大荒東經
東海之外大壑，少昊之國。少昊孺帝顓頊于此，棄其琴瑟。有甘山者，甘水出焉，生甘淵。
東海之外，甘水之閒，有羲和之國。有女子名曰羲和，方浴日于甘淵。羲和者，帝俊之妻，是生十日。
大荒東南隅有山，名皮母地丘。
東海之外，大荒之中，有山名曰大言，日月所出。
有波谷山者，有大人之國。有大人之市，名曰大人之堂。有一大人踆其上，張其兩臂。
有小人國，名靖人。
有神，人面獸身，名曰犁𩵀之尸。
有潏山，楊水出焉。
有蒍國，黍食，使四鳥：虎、豹、熊、羆。
大荒之中，有山名曰合虛，日月所出。
有中容之國。帝俊生中容，中容人食獸、木實，使四鳥：豹、虎、熊、羆。
有東口之山。有君子之國，其人衣冠帶劍。
有司幽之國。帝俊生晏龍，晏龍生司幽，司幽生思士，不妻；思女，不夫。食黍，食獸，是使四鳥。
有大阿之山者。
大荒中有山名曰明星，日月所出。
有白民之國。帝俊生帝鴻，帝鴻生白民，白民銷姓，黍食，使四鳥：虎、豹、熊、羆。
有青丘之國，有狐，九尾。
有柔僕民，是維嬴土之國。
有黑齒之國。帝俊生黑齒，姜姓，黍食，使四鳥。
有夏州之國。有蓋余之國。
有神人，八首人面，虎身十尾，名曰天吳。
大荒之中，有山名曰鞠陵于天、東極、離瞀，日月所出。名曰折丹──東方曰折，來風曰俊──處東極以出入風。
東海之渚中，有神，人面鳥身，珥兩黃蛇，踐兩黃蛇，名曰禺䝞。黃帝生禺禺䝞，禺禺䝞生禺京，禺京處北海，禺䝞處東海，是為海神。
有招搖山，融水出焉。有國曰玄股，黍食，使四鳥。
有困民國，勾姓，黍食。有人曰王亥，兩手操鳥，方食其頭。王亥托于有易、河伯僕牛。有易殺王亥，取僕牛。河伯念有易，有易潛出，為國于獸，方食之，名曰搖民。帝舜生戲，戲生搖民。
海內有兩人，名曰女丑。女丑有大蟹。
大荒之中，有山名曰孽搖頵羝，上有扶木，柱三百里，其葉如芥。有谷曰溫源谷。湯谷上有扶木。一日方至，一日方出，皆載于烏。
有神，人面、犬耳、獸身，珥兩青蛇，名曰奢比尸。
有五采之鳥，相鄉棄沙。惟帝俊下友。帝下兩壇，采鳥是司。
大荒之中，有山名猗天蘇門，日月所生。有壎民之國。
有綦山。又有搖山。有䰝山，又有門戶山。又有盛山。又有待山。有五采之鳥。
東荒之中，有山名曰壑明俊疾，日月所出。有中容之國。
東北海外，又有三青馬、三騅、甘華。爰有遺玉、三青鳥、三騅、視肉、甘華、甘柤，百穀所在。
有女和月母之國。有人名曰𪂧，北方曰𪂧，來風曰𤟇，是處東北隅以止日月，使無相閒出沒，司其短長。
大荒東北隅中，有山名曰凶犁土丘。應龍出南極，殺蚩尤與夸父，不得復上。故下數旱，旱而為應龍之狀，乃得大雨。
東海中有流波山，入海七千里。其上有獸，狀如牛，蒼身而無角，一足，出入水則必風雨，其光如日月，其聲如雷，其名曰夔。黃帝得之，以其皮為鼓，橛以雷獸之骨，聲聞五百里，以威天下。
Translation
大荒東經
Beyond the Eastern Sea lies the Great Abyss, the land of Shaohao. Shaohao raised Emperor Zhuanxu here, and Zhuanxu cast aside his lithers and zithers. There is Mount Gan, from which the Gan River flows forth and forms the Gan Abyss.
Beyond the Eastern Sea, between the waters of the Gan River, lies the land of Xihe. There was a woman named Xihe, who was bathing the sun in the Gan Abyss. Xihe was the wife of Emperor Jun, and she gave birth to ten suns.
In the southeastern corner of the Great Wilderness stands Mount Pimu Diqiu.
Beyond the Eastern Sea, in the Great Wilderness, stands Mount Dayan, where the sun and moon rise.
There is Mount Bogu, home to the Land of Giants. There is a giants' market called the Hall of Giants. A giant squats there with arms outstretched.
There is a Land of Dwarfs, whose people are called the Jing People.
There is a divine creature with a human face and beast's body, called the Corpse of Litu.
There is Mount Yu, from which the Yang River flows.
The people of the state of Wei eat millet and command four birds: tigers, leopards, bears, and brown bears.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Hexu, where the sun and moon rise.
There is the Land of Zhongrong. Emperor Jun fathered Zhongrong; the Zhongrong people eat meat and fruit, and command four birds: leopards, tigers, bears, and brown bears.
There is Mount Dongkou. There is the Land of Gentlemen, whose people wear fine robes and swords at their waists.
There is the Land of Siyau. Emperor Jun fathered Yanlong; Yanlong fathered Siyau; Siyau fathered Sishi, who takes no wife; and Sinu, who takes no husband. They eat millet and meat, and command four birds.
There is Mount Da'a.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Mingxing, where the sun and moon rise.
There is the Land of Baimin. Emperor Jun fathered Dihong; Dihong fathered the Baimin people, who bear the surname Xiao, eat millet, and command four birds: tigers, leopards, bears, and brown bears.
There is the Land of Qingqiu, home to the nine-tailed fox.
There is the Roupu people, who dwell in the land of Yingtu.
There is the Land of Heichi. Emperor Jun fathered Heichi, who bear the surname Jiang, eat millet, and command four birds.
There is the Land of Xiazhou. There is the Land of Gaiyu.
There is a divine being with eight heads, a human face, a tiger's body, and ten tails, named Tianwu.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Julingyutian, also called Dongji and Limu, where the sun and moon rise. There is a god named Zhedan—the East calls him Zhedan, and the east wind is called Jun—who dwells at the easternmost edge of the world, controlling the comings and goings of the wind.
Among the islets of the Eastern Sea dwells a god with a human face and a bird's body, wearing two yellow snakes as earrings and treading on two yellow snakes beneath his feet, named Yuxuan. Huangdi fathered Yuxuan; Yuxuan fathered Yujing. Yujing dwells in the Northern Sea, Yuxuan in the Eastern Sea—they are gods of the ocean.
There is Mount Zhaoyao, from which the Rong River flows. There is a state called Xuanggu, whose people eat millet and command four birds.
There is the Land of Kunmin, bearing the surname Gou and eating millet. There was a man named Wanghai, holding birds in both hands and eating their heads. Wanghai entrusted oxen to Youyi and the River Lord for herding. Youyi killed Wanghai and seized the oxen. The River Lord pitied Youyi, who fled in secret and founded a beast-shaped state, eating people—these are called the Yaomin. Emperor Shun fathered Xi, and Xi fathered the Yaomin.
Within the sea dwell two beings called Nüchou. Nüchou has a giant crab.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Niyundingdi, upon which grows the Fusang tree, its trunk rising three hundred li with leaves like mustard greens. There is the Valley of Warm Source. In Tanggu grows the Fusang tree. One sun has just arrived while another is setting forth, all carried upon the backs of crows.
There is a god with a human face, dog's ears, and a beast's body, wearing two green snakes as earrings, named Shebiti.
There are five-colored birds that fly in pairs and play in the sands. Only Emperor Jun descended to befriend them. Emperor Jun set up two altars, and the five-colored birds tend them.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Yitian Sumen, where the sun and moon are born. There is the Land of Xunmin.
There is Mount Qi. There is Mount Yao. There is Mount Xun. There is Mount Menhu. There is Mount Sheng. There is Mount Dai. There are five-colored birds.
In the Eastern Wilderness stands Mount Hao Ming Jun Ji, where the sun and moon rise. There is the Land of Zhongrong.
Beyond the northeast seas are three green horses, three piebald horses, and the Ganhua tree. There are also lost jade, three blue birds, three piebald horses, the flesh of the vision beast, the Ganhua tree, and the Ganzha tree, where all grains grow.
There is the Land of Nühe and the Moon Mother. There is a being named Hu, whom the North calls Hu; the north wind is called Huan. He dwells in the northeast corner, controlling the comings and goings of the sun and moon so they do not overlap, regulating the duration of their courses.
In the northeast corner of the Great Wilderness stands Mount Xiongli Tuqiu. The Ying Dragon emerged from the south pole and slew Chiyou and Kuafu, thereafter unable to ascend to heaven again. Thus below there were repeated droughts; when drought strikes, people make images of the Ying Dragon to bring forth great rains.
In the Eastern Sea stands Mount Liubo, seven thousand li from the mouth of the sea. Upon it is a beast shaped like an ox, with a blue-gray body, no horns, and one leg. Whenever it enters or leaves the water, wind and rain follow; its radiance rivals the sun and moon, and its voice is like thunder. It is called Kui. The Yellow Emperor captured it and made a drum from its hide, striking it with the bones of the Thunder Beast; the sound carried five hundred li, thereby swaying all under heaven.