Chapter 11 [Singing Birds and Fishes: Qu Runiao·Infant Spoonbird·Crystalis Bird·Elephant Snake Bird·Crosswinder Fish]

[Qu Runiao (shaped like a turtle with a white head and three-legged human face)] "The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Nanshan Classic"

On the mountain where I prayed, there was a bird. Its shape was like a turtle with a white head and a three-legged human face. Its name was Qu Ru, and its song was its own trumpet.

Translation: I prayed across the mountain. There was a bird on the mountain. It looked like a red-headed heron, but it had white hair and human cheeks. Its name was Qu Ru, and its cry was named after it.

[Infant spoon bird (shaped like a magpie, red eyes, red beak, white body)] "The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Zhongshan Jing"

Zhili Mountain. The Jishui River flows out of Yan, and flows southward into the Han Dynasty. Today, the Jishui River flows out of the northwest mountains of Li County and enters the Han Dynasty in the south. The pronunciation of Li is also the same. There is a bird named Yingshao. Its shape is like a magpie with red eyes.

It has a red beak, a white body, and its tail is like a spoon, shaped like a wine spoon. It calls out by itself.

Translation: Zhili Mountain. The Qishui River originates from this mountain and flows southward into the Han River. There is a bird in the mountain called Yingshao. It looks like an ordinary magpie, but has red eyes, a red beak, a white body, and a tail like

The shape of the wine spoon is similar, and the sound it makes is the pronunciation of its name.

[Chinese bird (shaped like a female pheasant but with a human face)] "The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Beishan Jing"

On the mountain of Guanti, there are many tangerines on the top, and there is a lot of quicksand and gravel below. There is a bird, which looks like a female pheasant with a human face. It jumps when it sees a person. It is called a bird, and its song is self-calling.

Translation: Guanti Mountain, there are dense Ailanthus trees and Zhejiang trees on the mountain. There is quicksand everywhere under the mountain, and there are many millstones. There is also a kind of bird in the mountain, which looks like an ordinary female pheasant but has a human face. Whenever it sees a person, it will

Jump, its name is Qisi, and the sound it makes is the pronunciation of its own name.

[Elephant snake bird (shaped like a red pheasant, with five colors and characters)] "The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Beishan Jing"

On Yangshan Mountain, there is a lot of jade on the top, and a lot of gold and copper on the bottom. There is a bird, its shape is like a red pheasant, and the five colors are inscribed with words. It is a female and a male, and its name is Xiangshen.

Translation: Yangshan, there are abundant jade on the mountain, and gold and copper at the foot of the mountain. There is also a bird in the mountain, which is shaped like a female pheasant, and has colorful patterns on its feathers. This bird has both male and female species**

Guan's name is Xiang Snake, and the sound it makes is the pronunciation of its own name.

[Silver fish (it looks like a carp and has a six-legged bird tail)] "The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Dongshan Classic"

There is water in the mountain of Tiaohei, which can be seen forty miles away. Its name is Shenze, and there are many turtles in it. There is a fish in it, which looks like a carp. And there is a six-legged bird with a tail, which is called a fish.

Named since.

Translation: Heihei Mountain, there is a pool here, with spring water gushing out for forty miles around. The name is Fukasawa, and there are many loggerhead turtles in the water. There is also a kind of fish growing in the water, which looks like an ordinary carp, but has six legs and birds.

With the same tail, the name is the catfish, and the sound it makes is the pronunciation of its own name.
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