Shangfu, anonymous1667 Shanhaijing illustration
Printed Shangfu caption gives chicken form, three heads, six eyes, six feet and three wings at MountJi. Head/wing/limb outlines inspected; exact counts belong to the caption where parts overlap. Smithsonian physical edition1667; anonymous illustrator, GuoPu commentator/WuZhongheng editor, not named as artists. Actual cached IIIF resource.
Overview
The bird named 𪁺𩿧 in the received Southern Mountains text resembles a chicken but has three heads, six eyes, six feet and three wings. It lives on Mount Ji (基山), where the separate nine-tailed, four-eared Botuo also occurs. The short notice attributes wakefulness to eating the bird. The anatomical counts belong to this bird, not to the neighbouring beast; the literary dietary claim is not practical medical advice.
Origins & earliest records
China; Shanhaijing received textual tradition
Records & interpretation
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Shanhaijing, 南山經
First southern sequence, Mount Ji (基山)
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Primary records and illustrations
Shanhaijing, 南山經
南山經. First southern sequence, Mount Ji (基山)
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- Received primary text transcriptionShanhaijing, 南山經Research access: 2026-10-05
Image credits
Historical illustrationShangfu, anonymous1667 Shanhaijing illustration
Printed Shangfu caption gives chicken form, three heads, six eyes, six feet and three wings at MountJi. Head/wing/limb outlines inspected; exact counts belong to the caption where parts overlap. Smithsonian physical edition1667; anonymous illustrator, GuoPu commentator/WuZhongheng editor, not named as artists. Actual cached IIIF resource.
