Shebishi, anonymous1667 Shanhaijing illustration
Printed奢比 caption gives beastbody, human face, large ears and two blue-green ear snakes. Paired ornaments and quadruped body shown; monochrome does not establish the named color. Smithsonian physical volume1 edition1667; anonymous illustrator, GuoPu commentator/WuZhongheng editor, not artist assertions; actual cached IIIF resource.
Overview
Shebishi appears north of the country of the Great People in the Shanhaijing’s Overseas Eastern Regions. Its body is animal-like, its face human, and its ears large. Two blue-green snakes adorn its ears. The text also records an alternative name or wording. The entry identifies a hybrid figure within the sequence of eastern lands without narrating a death scene or explaining the term shi in its name.
The Great Wilderness Eastern Regions describes a named Shebishi spirit with a human face, dog’s ears and an animal body, again wearing two blue-green snakes. The more specific doglike ears should remain attached to that witness. Reading the passages together supports a consistent human-faced animal form and snake ornaments, while preserving the difference between large ears and explicitly canine ears. No predatory behavior is attributed in these descriptions.
Origins & earliest records
China; Shanhaijing Overseas Eastern Regions
Records & interpretation
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Shanhaijing, Overseas Eastern Regions
North of the country of the Great People
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Primary records and illustrations
Shanhaijing
Overseas Eastern Regions. North of the country of the Great People
Named received-primary passage directly read: 奢比之屍. Direct text verification; historical image not assigned unless an explicit image URL is present.
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- Primary text transcriptionShanhaijing Overseas Eastern Regions received primary textResearch access: 2026-10-05
- Primary text transcriptionShanhaijing Great Wilderness Eastern RegionsResearch access: 2026-10-05
Image credits
Historical illustrationShebishi, anonymous1667 Shanhaijing illustration
Printed奢比 caption gives beastbody, human face, large ears and two blue-green ear snakes. Paired ornaments and quadruped body shown; monochrome does not establish the named color. Smithsonian physical volume1 edition1667; anonymous illustrator, GuoPu commentator/WuZhongheng editor, not artist assertions; actual cached IIIF resource.
