The Classic of Mountains and Seas, also known as Shanhai jing (Chinese: 山海经), formerly romanized as the Shan-hai Ching, is a Chinese classic text and a...
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Yinglong (section Classic of Mountains and Seas)
and irrigation canals. The (c. 4th century BCE – 1st century CE) Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 records variant Yinglong myths in two chapters of "The...
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the mountains at its source. The name seems to have originated as a semi-mythical location in the classical Chinese text Classic of Mountains and Seas. From...
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the encyclopedic Compendium of Korean Oral Literature (한국 구비문학 대계/韓國口碑文學). The old Chinese text Classic of Mountains and Seas, the earliest record to document...
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Consort') is a Chinese spirit or goddess of rain. She appears in the Classic of Mountains and Seas as the leader of a country called Yushi (雨师国); her "name"...
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Zhulong (mythology) (category Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas)
of Mountains and Seas (c. 3rd century BCE - 1st century CE) records parallel myths about Zhuyin and Zhulong. "The Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas: The...
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Gülnezer Bextiyar (category Chinese people of Uyghur descent)
drama The Classic of Mountains and Seas. The same year, she played the role of Diaochan in the historical fiction drama God of War, Zhao Yun; and the female...
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Xiangliu (category Classic of Mountains and Seas)
ljuː/), known in the Classic of Mountains and Seas as Xiangyao (/ʃæŋ.jaʊ/), is a venomous nine-headed snake monster that brings floods and destruction in Chinese...
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Bifang (category Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas)
(Strassberg 2002, 110). The Shanhaijing also known as the Classic of Mountains and Seas is of indeterminate age, yet a perennial favourite. The commentary...
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Biyiniao (category Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas)
ancient text Classic of Mountains and Seas (trans. Anne Birrell): ...There is a bird here which looks like a duck but it only has one wing and one eye. It...
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Zhenniao (category Mythological and legendary Chinese birds)
commentaries on the Classic of Mountains and Seas, he describes this bird as having a purple abdomen and green-tipped feathers, with a long neck and a scarlet beak...
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Cheonggu (category Names of Korea)
"Azure Land" in the east of China. The first ever mention of the name "Cheonggu" is found in Shanhaijing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), compiled from the...
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Goumang (category Classic of Mountains and Seas)
god of the Fuxi family. The Classic of Mountains and Seas described his appearance as "bird body and human face, ride two dragons". He is the god of wood...
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Zouyu (category Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas)
transcription of 驺虞 (variants: 驺吾 ~ 騶吾) in the Classic of Mountains and Seas as Zhu Jian instead of Zou Yu. For examples, the Meng Ji (孟極) in the Classic of Mountains...
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Merfolk (redirect from Merfolk (Dungeons and Dragons))
Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas, 4th century BC). It is mentioned in the Bei Shan Jing ("Classic of the Northern mountains"), Zhong Shan Jing...
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Luanniao (category Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas)
with the fenghuang by western scholars. Chapters 7 and 16 of the Classic of Mountains and Seas describes the luan as inhabiting paradisiacal areas where...
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Changxi can be traced back to the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shan-hai Ching). She is the wife of Di Jun and the mother of twelve moons. Greek equivalent...
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Black tooth country (category States of the Wajinden)
black, and he shall eat rice and devour snakes. It is above the valley of Yutani. East arrives at Blacktooth. In Classic of Mountains and Seas, it is...
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Xingtian (category Classic of Mountains and Seas)
himself and continued his defiance, which was expressed by a martial dance. Xingtian appears in chapter 7 of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which states...
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Kunlun (mythology) (redirect from Kwenlun Mountain (mythology))
with mountains, as hollows or caves located in/on certain mountains. The term "Kunlun Mountain" can be translated as "Cavernous Mountain", and the mythological...
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Fenghuang (category Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas)
union of yin and yang.[citation needed] The first chapter of the Classic of Mountains and Seas , the "Nanshang-jing", states that each part of fenghuang's...
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located within the vicinity of the mountain range. The mountain was first recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas under the name Buxian Shan (Chinese:...
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Chang'e (section Origins and descriptions)
written around the theme of Chang'e and the moon. In pre-Qin Dynasty (before 221 BC), the text, Classic of Mountains and Seas (山海經), mentions "a woman...
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bronze and other artifacts during the 1st millennium BCE. Taotie are one of the Four Perils in Chinese classics like the Classic of Mountains and Seas, alongside...
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Zhurong (category Classic of Mountains and Seas)
[citation needed] The Classic of Mountains and Seas gives alternative genealogies for Zhurong, including descent from both the Yan Emperor and Yellow Emperor...
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Nine-tailed fox (category Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas)
[better source needed] The earliest mention of the nine-tailed fox is the Shanhaijing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), compiled from the Warring States period...
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Jiaolong (category Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas)
type of fish (see #Sharks and rays section). The foregoing account occurs in the early Chinese bestiary Shanhaijing "Classic of Mountains and Seas" (completed...
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writings from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, during the Eastern Han dynasty, and the attribution to the Classic of Mountains and Seas dating much earlier...
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Kuafu (category Classic of Mountains and Seas)
Mountains and Seas 1st edition. p. 266 "Chinese Myth". Archived from the original on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2007-05-25. Yang, 155 and 263 Summary of the...
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Hans Zhang (category Central Academy of Drama alumni)
in the television adaptation of the Chinese mythical novel, Classic of Mountains and Seas. He was nominated for the Best Actor award at the Huading Awards...
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