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Overview
Yuanhu inhabits Mount Shihu at the opening of the Shanhaijing’s third eastern itinerary. Its body is compared to a large deer, while its eyes resemble those of a fish. Its call repeats its own name. The mountain looks north toward another mountain and contains gold, jade and thorny vegetation. Yuanhu is thus introduced as one resident of a described landscape rather than through a separate adventure.
The fishlike eyes modify a terrestrial deer form. The self-naming cry is a recurring descriptive feature of the collection, but the particular deer-and-fish combination belongs to Yuanhu’s named notice at Mount Shihu.
Origins & earliest records
China; Shanhaijing Eastern Mountains
Records & interpretation
Specific named received-primary passage directly read; scan status recorded separately.
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Shanhaijing, Eastern Mountains
Third eastern itinerary; Mount Shihu
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Primary records and illustrations
Shanhaijing
Eastern Mountains. Third eastern itinerary; Mount Shihu
Specific named primary transcription directly read: 妴胡. No historical scan assigned unless the evidence row explicitly supplies one.
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- Primary text transcriptionShanhaijing Eastern Mountains received primary textResearch access: 2026-10-05
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