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大荒西经
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大荒西經
西北海之外，大荒之隅，有山而不合，名曰不周，有兩黄獸守之。有水曰寒暑之水，水西有濕山，水東有幕山。有禹攻共工國山。
有國名曰淑士，顓頊之子。
有神十人，名曰女媧之腸，化為神，處栗廣之野，横道而處。
有人名曰石夷，來風曰韋，處西北隅以司日月之長短。
有五采之鳥，有冠，名曰狂鳥。
有大澤之長山，有白民之國。
西北海之外，赤水之東，有長脛之國。
有西周之國，姬姓，食榖。有人方耕，名曰叔均。帝俊生后稷，稷降以百榖。稷之弟曰台璽，生叔均。叔均是代其父及稷播百榖，始作耕。有赤國妻氏。有雙山。
西海之外，大荒之中，有方山者，上有青樹，名曰柜格之松，日月所出入也。
西北海之外，赤水之西，有天民之國，食榖，使四鳥。
有北狄之國。黄帝之孫曰始均，始均生北狄。
有芒山。有桂山。有榣山，其上有人，號曰太子長琴。顓頊生老童，老童生祝融，祝融生太子長琴，是處榣山，始作樂風。
有五采鳥三名：一曰皇鳥，一曰鸞鳥，一曰鳳鳥。
有蟲狀如菟，胷以後者裸不見，青如猨狀。
大荒之中，有山名曰豐沮玉門，日月所入。
有靈山，巫咸、巫即、巫朌、巫彭、巫姑、巫真、巫禮、巫抵、巫謝、巫羅十巫，從此升降，百藥爰在。
西有王母之山、壑山、海山。有沃民之國，沃民是處。沃之野，鳳鳥之卵是食，甘露是飲。凡其所欲，其味盡存。爰有甘華、甘柤、白栁、視肉、三騅、璇瑰、瑶碧、白木、琅玕、白丹、青丹，多銀鐵。鸞鳥自歌，鳳鳥自舞，爰有百獸，相群是處，是謂沃之野。
有三青鳥，赤首黒目，一名曰大鵹，一名少鵹，一名曰青鳥。
有軒轅之臺，射者不敢西鄉，畏軒轅之臺。
大荒之中，有龍山，日月所入。
有三澤水，名曰三淖，昆吾之所食也。
有人衣青，以袂蔽面，名曰女丑之尸。
有女子之國。
有桃山。有䖟山。有桂山。有于土山。
有丈夫之國。
有弇州之山，五采之鳥仰天，名曰鳴鳥。爰有百樂歌儛之風。
有軒轅之國。江山之南棲為吉。不壽者乃八百歲。
西海陼中，有神，人面鳥身，珥兩青蛇，踐兩赤蛇，名曰弇茲。
大荒之中，有山名曰日月山，天樞也。吴姖天門，日月所入。有神，人面無臂，兩足反屬于頭上，名曰嘘。顓頊生老童，老童生重及黎，帝令重獻上天，令黎印下地。下地是生噎，處于西極，以行日月星辰之行次。
有人反臂，名曰天虞。
有女子方浴月。帝俊妻常羲，生月十二，此始浴之。
有玄丹之山。有五色之鳥，人面有髮。爰有青鴍、黄鷔、青鳥、黄鳥，其所集者其國亡。
有池，名孟翼之攻顓頊之池。
大荒之中，有山，名曰鏖鏊鉅，日月所入者。
有獸，左右有首，名曰屏蓬。
有巫山者。有壑山者。有金門之山，有人名曰黄姖之尸。有比翼之鳥，有白鳥，青翼，黄尾，玄喙。有赤犬，名曰天犬，其所下者有兵。
西海之南，流沙之濱，赤水之後，黒水之前，有大山，名曰崑崙之丘。有神，人面虎身，有文有尾，皆白，處之。其下有弱水之淵環之，其外有炎火之山，投物輒然。有人，戴勝，虎齒，有豹尾，穴處，名曰西王母。此山萬物盡有。
大荒之中，有山名曰常陽之山，日月所入。
有寒荒之國。有二人女祭、女薎。
有壽麻之國。南嶽娶州山女，名曰女虔。女虔生季格，季格生壽麻。壽麻正立無景，疾呼無響。爰有大暑，不可以往。
有人無首，操戈盾立，名曰夏耕之尸。故成湯伐夏桀于章山，克之，斬耕厥前。耕既立，無首，走厥咎，乃降于巫山。
有人名曰吴回，竒左，是無右臂。
有蓋山之國。有樹，赤皮支幹，青葉，名曰朱木。
有一臂民。
大荒之中，有山名曰大荒之山，日月所入。有人焉三面，是顓頊之子，三面一臂，三面之人不死，是謂大荒之野。
西南海之外，赤水之南，流沙之西，有人珥兩青蛇，乗兩龍，名曰夏后開。開上三嬪于天，得九辯與九歌以下。此天穆之野，髙二千仞，開焉得始歌九招。
有氐人之國。炎帝之孫名曰靈恝，靈恝生氐人，是能上下于天。
有魚偏枯，名曰魚婦。顓頊死即復蘇。風道北来，天乃大水泉，蛇乃化為魚，是謂魚婦。顓頊死即復蘇。
有青鳥，身黄，赤足，六首，名曰𪇆鳥。
有大巫山。有金之山。西南，大荒之隅，有偏句、常羊之山。
Translation
大荒西經
Beyond the northwest seas, in the corner of the Great Wilderness, stands a mountain that does not close together, called Mount Buzhou, guarded by two yellow beasts. There is a river called the Water of Cold and Heat; west of it lies Wet Mountain, east of it lies Curtain Mountain. There is the mountain where Yu attacked the land of Gonggong.
There is a state called Shushi, descendants of Zhuanxu.
There are ten gods called the Intestines of Nüwa, who transformed into spirits and dwell in the Wild of Liguang, lying across the road.
There is a man named Shiyi; the west wind is called Wei. He dwells in the northwest corner, overseeing the length of the sun and moon.
There are five-colored birds with crests, called mad birds.
There is the Long Mountain of the Great Marsh, home to the Land of Baimin.
Beyond the northwest seas, east of the Red River, lies the Land of Long Shanks.
There is the Land of Western Zhou, bearing the surname Ji and eating grain. A man named Shujun tills the soil. Emperor Jun fathered Houji; Houji brought down the hundred grains to earth. Houji's brother named Taixi fathered Shujun. Shujun took over from his father and Houji to sow the hundred grains and first cultivated the soil.
Beyond the Western Sea, in the Great Wilderness, stands Square Mountain, upon which grows a great green tree called the Juge Pine, where the sun and moon rise and set.
Beyond the northwest seas, west of the Red River, lies the Land of Tianmin, whose people eat grain and command four birds.
There is the Land of Beidi. The Yellow Emperor's grandson named Shijun fathered the Beidi people.
There is Mount Mang. There is Mount Gui. There is Mount Yao, upon which dwells a man called Prince Changqin. Zhuanxu fathered Laotong; Laotong fathered Zhurong; Zhurong fathered Prince Changqin, who dwelled on Mount Yao and first composed music.
There are three five-colored birds: one called the imperial bird, one called the luan bird, one called the phoenix bird.
There is an insect shaped like a rabbit—its chest and below are naked and invisible, blue in color like an ape.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Fengju Yumen, where the sun and moon set.
There is Mount Ling, where the ten shamans—Wu Xian, Wu Ji, Wu Fen, Wu Peng, Wu Gu, Wu Zhen, Wu Li, Wu Di, Wu Xie, and Wu Luo—ascend and descend. All kinds of medicinal herbs grow here.
To the west lie the mountains of the Wangmu, Haoshan, and Haishan. There is the Land of Womin, where the Womin people dwell. In the Wild of Wo, they eat the eggs of the phoenix and drink sweet dew. Whatever taste they desire is all present. Here grow the Ganhua, Ganzha, white willows, the flesh of the vision beast, the three piebald steeds, spiral jasper, green jade, white wood, white coral, white cinnabar, and green cinnabar, with abundant silver and iron. The luan bird sings of itself, the phoenix dances of itself, and a hundred beasts dwell in flocks. This is called the Wild of Wo.
There are three blue birds with red heads and black eyes: one called Dalu, one called Shaolu, one called the Blue Bird.
There is the Xuanyuan Terrace; archers dare not shoot toward the west, fearing the Xuanyuan Terrace.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Long, where the sun and moon set.
There are three marsh waters called the Sanzhao, where Kunwu gathers food.
There is a person dressed in blue who covers his face with his sleeve, called the Corpse of Nüchou.
There is the Land of Women.
There is Mount Tao. There is Mount Hong. There is Mount Gui. There is Mount Yutu.
There is the Land of Men.
There is Mount Yanzhou, where five-colored birds gaze skyward, called the Singing Birds. There are all kinds of music, songs, and dances.
There is the Land of Xuanyuan. To dwell south of the mountains and rivers is auspicious. Even those not blessed with long life reach eight hundred years.
Among the islets of the Western Sea dwells a god with a human face and a bird's body, wearing two green snakes as earrings and treading on two red snakes, named Yanzi.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Sun and Moon, the pivot of heaven. At the Gate of Wuqi the sun and moon set. There is a god with a human face and no arms, whose two feet grow reversed upon his head, named Xu. Zhuanxu fathered Laotong; Laotong fathered Zhong and Li. The Emperor commanded Zhong to raise up to heaven and Li to press down to earth. From the pressing down of earth was born Ye, who dwells at the western extreme and governs the courses of the sun, moon, and stars.
There are people whose arms grow reversed, called Tianyu.
There was a woman bathing the moon. Emperor Jun's wife Changxi gave birth to twelve moons, and this is where she first bathed them.
There is Mount Xuandan. There are five-colored birds with human faces and hair. Here dwell the Qingwen, Huangmao, blue birds, and yellow birds. Wherever that bird gathers, that nation shall perish.
There is a pool called the Pool of Mengyi's Attack on Zhuanxu.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Aaoju, where the sun and moon set.
There is a beast with a head on each side, called Pingpeng.
There is Mount Wu. There is Mount He. There is Mount Jinmen, where dwells a man called the Corpse of Huangju. There is the paired-wing bird. There is a white bird with blue wings, a yellow tail, and a black beak. There is a red dog called the Celestial Dog; wherever it descends, war follows.
South of the Western Sea, on the shore of the Quicksand, behind the Red River and before the Black River, stands a great mountain called the Kunlun Hills. There is a god with a human face, a tiger's body, patterned and tailed, all white, who dwells here. Below it lies the Abyss of Weak Waters encircling it, and outside that the Mountain of Blazing Fire, where anything cast upon it is burned. There is a being wearing a sheng headdress, with tiger fangs and a leopard's tail, dwelling in caves, called the Queen Mother of the West. Upon this mountain all things are found.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Changyang, where the sun and moon set.
There is the Land of Hanhuang. There are two women called Nüji and Nümie.
There is the Land of Shouma. The South Peak married a woman of Zhoushan named Nüqian. Nüqian fathered Jige; Jige fathered Shouma. Shouma casts no shadow when he stands and no echo when he cries out. It is extremely hot here and cannot be approached.
There is a headless man holding a spear and shield, called the Corpse of Xiageng. When Chengtang defeated Xiajie at Zhangshan, he cut off Geng's head before him. Geng stood there, headless, fled to Jiu, and retreated to Mount Wu.
There is a man named Wuhui who has only his left arm and no right arm.
There is the Land of Gaishan. There is a tree with red bark and branches, green leaves, called the Vermilion Tree.
There are people with one arm.
In the Great Wilderness stands the mountain called the Great Wild, where the sun and moon set. There are people with three faces, descendants of Zhuanxu, with three faces and one arm. The three-faced people cannot die. This is called the Great Wilderness.
Beyond the southwest seas, south of the Red River and west of the Quicksand, there is a man wearing two green snakes as earrings and riding two dragons, called Xiahou Kai. Xiahou Kai ascended to heaven three times to present his consorts and brought back the Nine Arguments and Nine Songs. Here in the Tianmu Wilderness, two thousand ren high, Xiahou Kai first sang the Nine Summons.
There is the Land of Di. The Flame Emperor's grandson named Lingjie fathered the Di people, who can ascend to heaven and descend to earth.
There is a fish half-withered called the Fish Woman. Zhuanxu died and came back to life. When the wind blows from the north, the sky gushes forth waters and the serpent transforms into a fish—this is called the Fish Woman. Zhuanxu died and came back to life.
There is a blue bird with a yellow body, red feet, and six heads, called the Chuniao.
There is Mount Dawu. There is the Golden Mountain. In the southwest corner of the Great Wilderness lie Mount Pianju and Mount Changyang.