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Overview

Qinpi is Gu’s accomplice in the killing of Baojiang near Kunlun in the Shanhaijing’s third western itinerary. The ruler executes both at Yaoya cliff east of Mount Zhong. Unlike Gu, whose earlier human-faced dragon body is described, Qinpi receives no comparably detailed pre-execution anatomy in this directly read passage. Its later form is the securely described creature.

Qinpi changes into a large e or raptor, with dark markings, a white head, a red beak, and tiger claws. Its voice is compared with another named bird, and its appearance warns of great warfare. The tiger claws are a genuine hybrid feature of the transformed body, not evidence that Qinpi began as a tiger. Gu’s red feet, yellow markings, and drought omen belong to its companion’s transformation and should not be copied into Qinpi’s description.

Large transformed raptorWhite head and red beakTiger clawsWar omen
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Origins & earliest records

China; Shanhaijing western mountain itineraries

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Records & interpretation

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    Shanhaijing, Western Mountains

    Anonymous received text; Guo Pu commentary in this witness

    Third western itinerary; Mount Zhong

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Shanhaijing

Western Mountains. Third western itinerary; Mount Zhong

Directly read primary-text transcription. Identifying passage: 欽䲹化為大鶚；黑文白首，赤喙而虎爪. No historical scan collated for this row; attached commentary not treated as the base text.

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  1. Primary text transcriptionShanhaijing: Western Mountains, received text and commentaryResearch access: 2026-10-05

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