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Overview
Danghu is a bird of Mount Shangshen in the Shanhaijing’s fourth western itinerary. Its body resembles a pheasant, but its flight is attributed to its beard. Eating it is said to prevent a condition affecting the eyes, commonly rendered as dizziness or blurred vision. The mountain has bare upper slopes, many stones, shrubs below, and ordinary white deer alongside this extraordinary bird.
Attached commentary identifies its beard as the feathering beneath the throat. The flight detail is accompanied by an attributed dietary benefit concerning the eyes, linking the bird’s marvelous movement with the collection’s descriptions of beneficial animal properties.
Origins & earliest records
China; Shanhaijing Western Mountains
Records & interpretation
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Shanhaijing, Western Mountains
Fourth western itinerary; Mount Shangshen
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Primary records and illustrations
Shanhaijing
Western Mountains. Fourth western itinerary; Mount Shangshen
Specific named primary transcription directly read: 當扈. No historical scan assigned unless the evidence row explicitly supplies one.
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- Primary text transcriptionShanhaijing Western Mountains received primary textResearch access: 2026-10-05
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