Quru of Mount Daoguo, anonymous1667 Shanhaijing illustration
Printed瞿如 caption names ducklike form, white head, three feet and禱過山; depicted bird’s feet inspected, monochrome does not establish white color. Smithsonian physical edition1667; anonymous illustrator, GuoPu commentator/WuZhongheng editor, not named as artists. Actual cached IIIF resource.
Overview
Quru inhabits Mount Daoguo. Its body is compared to a jiao bird (鵁), while its head is white, its face human and its feet number three. Its call gives its own name. The accompanying gloss compares jiao to a small duck-like waterbird; this is a commentarial explanation of the comparison, not a modern species identification. The hosted witness also records a variant reading of the character for head.
Origins & earliest records
China; Shanhaijing received textual tradition
Records & interpretation
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Selected bibliography
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Shanhaijing, 南山經
Third southern sequence, Mount Daoguo (禱過山)
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Shanhaijing, 南山經
南山經. Third southern sequence, Mount Daoguo (禱過山)
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- Received primary text transcriptionShanhaijing, 南山經Research access: 2026-10-05
Image credits
Historical illustrationQuru of Mount Daoguo, anonymous1667 Shanhaijing illustration
Printed瞿如 caption names ducklike form, white head, three feet and禱過山; depicted bird’s feet inspected, monochrome does not establish white color. Smithsonian physical edition1667; anonymous illustrator, GuoPu commentator/WuZhongheng editor, not named as artists. Actual cached IIIF resource.
