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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing) completed by the time of the early Western Han dynasty) and the Water Classic (Shuijing), written by Sang...
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  • peak. Jade Mountain is mentioned in Chapter 2 of the Han dynasty text Classic of Mountains and Seas as being the residence of the Queen Mother of the West...
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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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    written around the theme of Chang'e and the moon. In pre-Qin Dynasty (pre 221 BC), the text, Classic of Mountains and Seas (山海經), mentions "a woman is...
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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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    classical texts such as the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the fiend is named alongside the Hundun [zh] (混沌), Qiongqi [zh] (窮奇), and Taowu [zh] (檮杌). The Taotie...
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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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  • the wife of Shennong (Emperor Yan). According to the ancient text Classic of Mountains and Seas, she came from Chi River (赤水, "Red River") and gave birth...
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  • Fuzhu (category Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas)
    (2002). A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains and Seas. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21844-4. v t e...
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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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    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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  • Buzhou Mountain was located near Jade Mountain (Yang 2005, pp. 161–162, 206). The mountain is mentioned in the Classic of Mountains and Seas and is a location...
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    Jingwei (category Classic of Mountains and Seas)
    Through Mountains and Seas. Berkeley: University of California press. p. 132. ISBN 0-520-21844-2. Yang, Lihui; An, Deming (2005). Handbook of Chinese...
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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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  • encyclopedic Compendium of Korean Oral Literature (한국 구비문학 대계/韓國口碑文學). The ancient Chinese mythology known as Classic of Mountains and Seas provides the earliest...
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