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Overview

Jumang closes the eastern overseas section of the Shanhaijing. The being has a bird’s body and a human face and rides two dragons. The text’s directional setting is explicit, while a biography, parentage, and ritual instructions are absent from this notice. This profile therefore preserves the compact early description rather than combining it with later theological identifications.

Eastern bird-bodied spirit
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Chinese classical cosmography

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    Shanhaijing (山海經)

    Anonymous composite text

    海外東經; Concluding directional notice beginning 東方句芒

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Shanhaijing (山海經), anonymous received text

海外東經. Concluding directional notice beginning 東方句芒

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  1. Primary classical text transcriptionShanhaijing, 海外東經 — Concluding directional notice beginning 東方句芒Research access: 2026-10-05

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