Fuxi bird of Mount Lutai, anonymous1667 Shanhaijing illustration
Printed鳧徯 caption gives male-chicken shape, human face, warfare omen and鹿臺山; not the similarly romanized culture hero Fuxi. Physical Smithsonian edition1667; anonymous plate artist, GuoPu commentator and WuZhongheng editor. Actual resource from cached IIIF manifest.
Overview
The Fuxi bird is a creature of Mount Lutai in the second western sequence of the Shanhaijing. It resembles a male chicken and has a human face. Its cry calls its own name. The text links its appearance with warfare, placing an unsettling human-animal mixture within a mountain inventory otherwise containing minerals and other animals.
The romanization Fuxi can resemble the name of a major culture hero, but the Chinese characters 鳧徯 identify this particular bird. No connection with that hero is established by the passage. The omen should likewise remain an association in the text, rather than a claim that the bird commands armies or deliberately begins battles. The source gives no extra wings, claws made of metal, or narrative in which a warrior defeats it.
Origins & earliest records
China; Shanhaijing, Western Mountains
Records & interpretation
Directly read Chinese primary-text transcription; exact section and geographical passage retained. No matched scan or illustration verified.
Selected bibliography
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Shanhaijing: Western Mountains
Second western sequence; Mount Lutai 鹿臺山; bracketed commentary distinguished from base text.
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Shanhaijing, Western Mountains
西山經. Second western sequence; Mount Lutai 鹿臺山
Directly read transcription, not a historical scan. Identifying passage: 其狀如雄雞而人面，名曰鳧徯，其鳴自叫也。 Base text and commentary distinguished; exact plate remains unverified.
References
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- Primary-text transcriptionShanhaijing, Western Mountains: Second western sequence; Mount Lutai 鹿臺山Research access: 2026-10-05
Image credits
Historical illustrationFuxi bird of Mount Lutai, anonymous1667 Shanhaijing illustration
Printed鳧徯 caption gives male-chicken shape, human face, warfare omen and鹿臺山; not the similarly romanized culture hero Fuxi. Physical Smithsonian edition1667; anonymous plate artist, GuoPu commentator and WuZhongheng editor. Actual resource from cached IIIF manifest.
