Bingfeng, named1667 historical plate
Actual 1000-pixel image directly inspected and printed caption read. Pig body with a head facing outward at each end. Printed caption confirms black coloring and location east of Wuxian. Smithsonian catalog dates the physical edition1667 and classifies public domain.
Overview
Bingfeng appears in the Overseas Western Regions of the Shanhaijing, east of the country of Wuxian. It resembles a pig and has a head at both its front and its rear. Its coloring is black. The positioning follows the text’s sequence of distant lands, including Wuxian’s snake-bearing ritual figures, rather than a mountain-and-river itinerary. Its doubled anatomy is stated in a particularly compact entry.
A directly inspected plate in the Smithsonian’s digitized 1667 edition shows one porcine body with outward-facing heads at opposite ends. Its printed caption confirms the black coloring and position east of Wuxian.
Origins & earliest records
China; Shanhaijing Overseas Western Regions
Records & interpretation
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Selected bibliography
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Shanhaijing, Overseas Western Regions
East of the country of Wuxian
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Shan hai jing: er shi san juan (Smithsonian digitized edition)
Physical volume 2; illustration sequence. IIIF canvas index 50 (zero based), labelled 並封; no printed page number asserted
Actual 1000-pixel image directly inspected and printed caption read. Pig body with a head facing outward at each end. Printed caption confirms black coloring and location east of Wuxian. Smithsonian catalog dates the physical edition 1667 and classifies public domain.
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- Primary text transcriptionShanhaijing Overseas Western Regions received primary textResearch access: 2026-10-05
Image credits
Historical illustrationBingfeng, named1667 historical plate
Actual 1000-pixel image directly inspected and printed caption read. Pig body with a head facing outward at each end. Printed caption confirms black coloring and location east of Wuxian. Smithsonian catalog dates the physical edition1667 and classifies public domain.
