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Overview
The Western Mountains places Feiyi at Mount Ying, a mountain with metals, bamboo and other animals. This Feiyi is explicitly a bird: its shape resembles a quail, its body is yellow and its beak red. The notice attributes relief from a named disease and an insect-killing effect to eating it.
The bird shares its written name with other Shanhaijing creatures, including the multi-limbed or double-bodied Feiyi serpents. Its avian anatomy and dietary attribution identify this particular notice. It should not inherit the serpents’ drought omens.
Origins & earliest records
Chinese textual creature traditions; named source setting
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Shanhaijing
Western Mountains first sequence, Mount Ying
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Shanhaijing
Chinese textual creature traditions. Western Mountains first sequence, Mount Ying
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- Primary text transcriptionShanhaijing — Western Mountains first sequence, Mount YingResearch access: 2026-10-05
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