Shanhui of Mount Yuefa, anonymous1667 Shanhaijing illustration
Printed Shanhui name and caption specifies dogbody/humanface, throwing,laughter,windlike movement and岳法山. Humanlike face and quadruped pictured; no invented thrown weapon. Physical Smithsonian edition1667; ancient text composition is earlier. Anonymous illustrator; GuoPu commentator and WuZhongheng editor, neither asserted as artist.
Overview
Shanhui is described at Mount Yuefa in the first northern sequence of the Shanhaijing. Its body resembles a dog and its face is human. It is good at throwing, laughs when it sees people, and moves like wind. The text associates its appearance with great winds across the world of the account.
The phrase about throwing does not name a weapon or specify a victim. It should therefore not become an invented habit of hurling stones at travellers. Likewise, the wind comparison describes movement, while the omen is separately stated; neither establishes a narrated storm-making act. The mountain’s river contains a different fish with chickenlike feet, but those features do not belong to Shanhui. The profile retains the named beast’s anatomy, conduct, speed, and source-attributed omen.
Origins & earliest records
China; Shanhaijing, Northern Mountains
Records & interpretation
Directly read Chinese primary-text transcription, with exact named geographical locator; no historical scan claimed.
Additional images
View larger shanhui, named historic Shan hai jing illustration
Named traditional creature plate from the illustrated Shan hai jing corpus. Artist/edition attribution copied from the original file record; historical artistic interpretation, not a photograph of a real animal.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
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Shanhaijing: Northern Mountains
First northern sequence; Mount Yuefa 嶽法山
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Shanhaijing, Northern Mountains
北山經. First northern sequence; Mount Yuefa 嶽法山
Directly read transcription, not a collated historical scan. Identifying passage: 其狀如犬而人面，善投，見人則笑，其名山𤟤。 No exact illustrated plate verified.
References
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- Primary-text transcriptionShanhaijing, Northern Mountains: First northern sequence; Mount Yuefa 嶽法山Research access: 2026-10-05
Image credits
Historical illustrationShanhui of Mount Yuefa, anonymous1667 Shanhaijing illustration
Printed Shanhui name and caption specifies dogbody/humanface, throwing,laughter,windlike movement and岳法山. Humanlike face and quadruped pictured; no invented thrown weapon. Physical Smithsonian edition1667; ancient text composition is earlier. Anonymous illustrator; GuoPu commentator and WuZhongheng editor, neither asserted as artist.
Further credits appear with each additional image.
