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大荒北经
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大荒北經
東北海之外，大荒之中，河水之閒，附禺之山，帝顓頊與九嬪葬焉。爰有𩿨久、文貝、離俞、鸞鳥、鳳鳥、大物、小物。有青鳥、琅鳥、玄鳥、黄鳥、虎、豹、熊、羆、黄蛇、視肉、璿、瑰、瑶、碧，皆出于山。丘方圓三百里，丘南帝俊竹林在焉，大可為舟。竹南有赤澤水，名曰封淵。有三桑無枝。丘西有沈淵，顓頊所浴。
有胡不與之國，烈姓，黍食。
大荒之中，有山名曰不咸，有肅慎氏之國。有蜚蛭，四翼。有蟲，獸首蛇身，名曰琴蟲。
有人名曰大人。有大人之國，釐姓，黍食。有大青蛇，黄頭，食麈。
有榆山。有鯀攻程州之山。
大荒之中，有山名曰衡天。有先民之山。有槃木千里。
有叔歜國，顓頊之子，黍食，使四鳥、虎、豹、熊、羆。有黒蟲如熊狀，名曰猎猎。
有北齊之國，姜姓，使虎、豹、熊、羆。
大荒之中，有山名曰先檻大逢之山，河濟所入，海北注焉。其西有山，名曰禹所積石。
有陽山者。有順山者，順水出焉。有始州之國，有丹山。
有大澤方千里，羣鳥所解。
有毛民之國，依姓，食黍，使四鳥。禹生均國，均國生役采，役采生修鞈，修鞈殺綽人。帝念之，潛為之國，是此毛民。
有儋耳之國，任姓，禺號子，食榖。北海之渚中，有神，人面鳥身，珥兩青蛇，踐兩赤蛇，名曰禺彊。
大荒之中，有山名曰北極天櫃，海外北注焉。有神，九首人面鳥身，名曰九鳳。又有神衘蛇操蛇，其狀虎首人身，四蹏長肘，名曰彊良。
大荒之中，有山名曰成都載天。有人珥兩黄蛇，把兩黄蛇，名曰夸父。后土生信，信生夸父。夸父不量力，欲追日景，逮之于禺谷。將飲河而不足也，將走大澤，未至，死于此。應龍已殺蚩尤，又殺夸父，乃去南方處之，故南方多雨。
又有無腸之國，是任姓。無繼子，食魚。
共工臣名曰相繇，九首蛇身，自環，食于九土。其所歍所尼，即為源澤，不辛乃苦，百獸莫能處。禹湮洪水，殺相繇，其血腥臭，不可生榖；其地多水，不可居也。禹湮之，三仞三沮，乃以為池，羣帝因是以為臺。在崑崙之北。
有岳之山，尋竹生焉。
大荒之中，有山名不句，海水北入焉。
有係昆之山者，有共工之臺，射者不敢北鄉。有人衣青衣，名曰黄帝女魃。蚩尤作兵伐黄帝，黄帝乃令應龍攻之冀州之野。應龍畜水。蚩尤請風伯雨師，縱大風雨。黄帝乃下天女曰魃，雨止，遂殺蚩尤。魃不得復上，所居不雨。叔均言之帝，後置之赤水之北。叔均乃為田祖。魃時亡之，所欲逐之者，令曰：「神北行！」先除水道，决通溝瀆。
有人方食魚，名曰深目民之國，昐姓，食魚。
有鍾山者，有女子衣青衣，名曰赤水女子獻。
大荒之中，有山名曰融父山，順水入焉。有人名曰犬戎。黄帝生苗龍，苗龍生融吾，融吾生弄明，弄明生白犬，白犬有牝牡，是為犬戎，肉食。有赤獸，馬狀，無首，名曰戎宣王尸。
有山名曰齊州之山、君山、𩰿山、鮮野山、魚山。
有人一目，當面中生。一曰是威姓，少昊之子，食黍。
有無繼民，無繼民任姓，無骨子，食氣、魚。
西北海外，流沙之東，有國曰中䡢，顓頊之子，食黍。
有國名曰賴丘。有犬戎國。有神，人面獸身，名曰犬戎。
西北海外，黒水之北，有人有翼，名曰苗民。顓頊生驩頭，驩頭生苗民，苗民釐姓，食肉。有山名曰章山。
大荒之中，有衡石山、九陰山、灰野之山、泂野之山，上有赤樹，青葉赤華，名曰若木。
有牛黎之國。有人無骨，儋耳之子。
西北海外，赤水之北，有章尾山。有神，人面蛇身而赤，直目正乘，其暝乃晦，其視乃明，不食不寢不息，風雨是謁。是燭九陰，是謂燭龍。
Translation
大荒北經
Beyond the Northeast Sea, in the Great Wilderness, between the waters of the Yellow River, stands Mount Fuyu, where Emperor Zhuanxu and his nine consorts are buried. Here are bats, patterned shells, Liyu birds, luan birds, phoenixes, and great and small things. Here are blue birds, lang birds, dark birds, yellow birds, tigers, leopards, bears, brown bears, yellow snakes, the flesh of the vision beast, jade, qiong jasper, green jade, and green gemstones—all emerging from this mountain. The mound is three hundred li square. To its south lies the bamboo forest of Emperor Jun, whose stalks are large enough to make boats. South of the bamboo forest lies the Red Marsh called Feng Abyss. There are three mulberry trees without branches. West of the mound lies the Shen Abyss, where Zhuanxu once bathed.
There is the Land of Hubuzhiyu, bearing the surname Lie, eating millet.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Buxian, home to the Land of the Sushen people. There is the Feizhi with four wings. There is an insect with a beast's head and a serpent's body, called the Qinchong.
There is a man called the Giant. There is the Land of Giants, bearing the surname Li, eating millet. There is a great green snake with a yellow head that feeds on elk.
There is Mount Yu. There is the mountain where Gun attacked Chengzhou.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Hengtian. There is the Mountain of the Ancients. There is the Pan Tree, stretching a thousand li.
There is the Land of Shuchu, descendants of Zhuanxu, eating millet and commanding four birds, tigers, leopards, bears, and brown bears. There is a black insect shaped like a bear, called Lie Lie.
There is the Land of Northern Qi, bearing the surname Jiang, commanding tigers, leopards, bears, and brown bears.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Xianlan Dafeng, into which the Yellow River and Ji River flow, with sea waters pouring in from the north. West of it stands the mountain called the Stone Heap of Yu.
There is Mount Yang. There is Mount Shun, from which the Shun River flows. There is the Land of Shizhou. There is Mount Dan.
There is a great marsh a thousand li square, where flocks of birds molt their feathers.
There is the Land of Maomin, bearing the surname Yi, eating millet, and commanding four birds. Yu fathered Junguo; Junguo fathered Yicai; Yicai fathered Xiujia; Xiujia killed the Chuo people. The Emperor pitied him and secretly established this state for him—these are the Maomin people.
There is the Land of Daner, bearing the surname Ren, descendants of Yuhao, eating grain. Among the islets of the Northern 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 Yuqiang.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Beiji Tian Gui, into which the waters of the northern seas pour. There is a god with nine heads, a human face, and a bird's body, called the Nine Phoenixes. There is a god who holds serpents in his mouth and grasps serpents in his hands, shaped with a tiger's head, a human body, four hooves, and long elbows, called Qiangliang.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Chengdu Zaitian. There is a man wearing two yellow snakes as earrings and holding two yellow snakes, called Kuafu. Housheng fathered Xin; Xin fathered Kuafu. Kuafu did not measure his strength and chased the shadow of the sun, catching up to it at Yu Valley. He meant to drink the Yellow River but it was not enough, so he set off for the Great Marsh. Before arriving, he died of thirst. The Ying Dragon had already slain Chiyou and now slew Kuafu as well, then withdrew to dwell in the south; therefore the south has much rain.
There is also the Land of Wuchang, bearing the surname Ren. The Wujizi people eat fish.
Among Gonggong's ministers was Xiangyao, with nine heads, a serpent's body, coiled in a ring, feeding upon the nine lands. Wherever it spat or rested there became a marsh—either bitter or acrid—and no beast could dwell there. When Yu stemmed the flood, he slew Xiangyao; its blood was so foul that no grain could grow, and the land remained too waterlogged to inhabit. Yu tried to dam it, but three times it filled and three times collapsed, so he turned it into a pool, and the sovereigns built their terraces upon it. It lies north of Mount Kunlun.
There is Mount Yue, where the tall bamboo grows.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Buju, into which sea waters pour from the north.
There is Mount Xikun, upon which stands the Terrace of Gonggong, where archers dare not shoot northward. There was a woman dressed in blue called the Daughter of Drought, Nüba, of the Yellow Emperor. Chiyou forged weapons and attacked the Yellow Emperor, who commanded the Ying Dragon to strike at Chiyou in the wilds of Jizhou. The Ying Dragon gathered the waters. Chiyou called upon the Lord of Wind and the Master of Rain to unleash great storms. The Yellow Emperor then sent down the celestial maiden called Ba. The rains ceased, and Chiyou was slain. Ba could not return to heaven, and wherever it dwelled no rain fell. Shujun reported this to the Emperor, and she was later placed north of the Red River. Shujun became the Ancestor of the Fields. Ba often fled from place to place; those who wished to drive her away would cry out: "Spirit, travel north!" First clear the waterways and open the channels and ditches.
There are people eating fish, called the Land of Shenmu, bearing the surname Fen, who eat fish.
There is Mount Zhong, where a woman dressed in blue called the Maiden of Chishui, Xian, dwells.
In the Great Wilderness stands Mount Rongfu, into which the Shun River flows. There is a man called Quanrong. Huangdi fathered Miaolong; Miaolong fathered Rongwu; Rongwu fathered Nongming; Nongming fathered the White Dog, which had males and females—these are the Quanrong, who eat meat. There is a red beast shaped like a horse with no head, called the Corpse of the Rong King.
There are Mount Qizhou, Mount Jun, Mount Yi, Mount Xianye, and Mount Yu.
There are people with a single eye in the middle of the face. Another account says they bear the surname Wei, are descendants of Shaohao, and eat millet.
There are the Wuji people, bearing the surname Ren. The Wuguzi live on breath and fish.
Beyond the northwest seas, east of the Quicksand, is the state of Zhongluan, descendants of Zhuanxu, who eat millet.
There is the State of Laiqiu. There is the Land of Quanrong. There is a god with a human face and beast's body, called Quanrong.
Beyond the northwest seas, north of the Black River, there are people with wings called the Miao people. Zhuanxu fathered Huantou; Huantou fathered the Miao people, who bear the surname Li and eat meat. There is Mount Zhang.
In the Great Wilderness stand Mount Hengshi, the Nine Yin Mountains, the Gray Wild Mountains, and the Gouye Mountains. Upon them grows a red tree with green leaves and red blossoms, called the Ruomu Tree.
There is the Land of Niuli. There are people without bones, descendants of Daner.
Beyond the northwest seas, north of the Red River, stands Mount Zhangwei. There is a god with a human face, a serpent's body, and red in color, with eyes closed vertically. When it closes its eyes, darkness falls; when it opens them, daylight comes. It neither eats nor sleeps nor rests, and takes wind and rain as its food. It illuminates the nine yin regions—this is called the Torch Dragon.