Volume 8: The Classic of Northern Regions Beyond the Seas

Guo Pu's annotation

Overseas, the area from the northeast corner to the northwest corner,

There is a country called Wuyi Country, located to the east of Changgu. The people there do not have genitals.

The name of Zhongshan's god is Zhuyin. Opening your eyes means day, closing your eyes means night, blowing air means winter, exhaling means summer. If you don't drink water or eat, if you don't rest, wind will be generated when you rest. Thousands of miles long, on the east side of Wuyi country. This god has the face of a human and the body of a snake. It is red in color and lives at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain.

The country of One Eye is located to the east of Candle Yin. The people of that country only have one eye on their foreheads. Another theory is that there is a country to the east of Ichimoku Country, where people have only one hand and one foot, with their knees bent in reverse and the feet pointing upward. There is another saying that the people there have reflexed feet.

Gonggong's minister was named Xiangliu. He had nine heads and fed on the Nine Mountains. Wherever Xiangliu goes, it will become a swamp stream. Dayu killed Xiangliu. The blood had a strong smell and was not suitable for growing grains. Dayu made the Sanren and Sanju lands of Xiang Liu the foundation of the emperors. This is to the north of the Kunlun Mountains and to the east of the Rouli Kingdom. Xiang Liu has nine heads, a human face, a snake body, and is green in color. He dare not shoot arrows to the north because he is afraid of Gonggong's platform. The platform is to the east of Xiangliu. There is a snake in each of the four corners of the platform, with a tiger color and its head facing south. Shenmu Country is to the east of Gonggongtai. People there raise one hand and close one eye.

The Gutless Country is located to the east of the Deep Eye Country, where people have long bodies but no intestines.

Nie'er Kingdom is located to the east of Wuchang Kingdom. People there use two Wenhu to pinch their ears with both hands. They live in the sea, and where it comes in and out, there are many strange creatures. The two tigers are located in the east of Nie Er Kingdom.

Kuafu raced with the sun and caught up with it. He was thirsty and wanted to drink water, so he drank from the Yellow River and Weihe River. There was not enough water in the Yellow and Wei rivers to drink, so he went north to Daze to drink water, but he died of thirst on the way before he arrived. The cane he discarded became Deng Lin.

The Bofu Kingdom is located to the east of the Nie Er Kingdom. The people there are tall and hold green snakes in their right hands and yellow snakes in their left hands. Dunlin is located on the east side of Bo's father's country and has two trees. One theory is Bofu Country.

The stone mountain piled by Dayu is located in the east of Bofu's country, where the source of the river is.

The Kuying Kingdom is located to the east of the Kuying Kingdom, and the people there hold the tassel belt with one hand. One theory is Li Yingguo.

Xunmu is thousands of miles long, located in the south of Kuying Kingdom, growing in the northwest of the upper reaches of the river.

The Zhuji Kingdom is located to the east of the Kuying Kingdom. The people there are tall and have big feet. One way to say it is the Big Heel Country. The Wilderness of Osi is located to the east of Big Heel Country. There is a woman kneeling under a tree and spinning silk.

Sansang Wuzhi is located in the east of Osi Kingdom. The trees there are hundreds of meters tall, but they have no branches.

Fanlin has a radius of three hundred miles and is located to the east of Sansang Kingdom, surrounded by islands below it.

In Wuyu Mountain, Emperor Zhuanxu was buried on the south side of the mountain, and the nine concubines were buried on the north side of the mountain. One theory is that there were bears, tigers, and tigers there. Li Zhu, Jiu, Shirou.

Pingqiu is located in the east of Sansang Kingdom. There are jade, bluebird, sight meat, willow, sweetpear, sweetflower, and hundreds of fruits growing there. In the upper valley between the two mountains, there are two large hills in the middle, called Pingqiu.

There is a beast in the North Sea, shaped like a horse, named 𫘦𬳿. There is a beast named Zhan, which looks like a white horse and has serrated teeth. It eats tigers and leopards. There is a plain-colored beast, shaped like a horse, named Xizhu. There is a green beast, shaped like a tiger, named Luo Luo.

Yu Qiang from the north has a human face and the body of a bird, with two green snakes hanging from his ears and trampling two green snakes under his feet.