Third Guide to the Eastern Mountains東次三經
又《東次三經》之首，曰尸胡之山，北望𦍲山，其上多金玉，其下多棘。有獸焉，其狀如麋而魚目，名曰妴胡，其鳴自訆。
Again, the first of the Third Guide to the Eastern Mountains is Mount Shihu. To the north it looks upon Mount Yang. On its heights there is much gold and jade, and below many thorn trees. There is a beast here shaped like an elk but with the eyes of a fish. It is called wanhu, and its cry is the calling of its own name.
又南水行八百里，曰岐山，其木多桃李，其獸多虎。
Eight hundred li further south by water lies Mount Qi. Its trees are mostly peach and plum, and its beasts are mostly tigers.
又南水行七百里，曰諸鉤之山，無草木，多沙石。是山也，廣員百里，多寐魚。
Seven hundred li further south by water lies Mount Zhugou. There are no plants or trees, and much sand and stone. This mountain is a hundred li across, and there are many mei fish.
又南水行七百里，曰中父之山，無草木，多沙。
Seven hundred li further south by water lies Mount Zhongfu. There are no plants or trees, and much sand.
又東水行千里，曰胡射之山，無草木，多沙石。
A thousand li further east by water lies Mount Hushe. There are no plants or trees, and much sand and stone.
又南水行七百里，曰孟子之山，其木多梓桐，多桃李，其草多菌蒲，其獸多麋鹿。是山也，廣員百里。其上有水出焉，名曰碧陽，其中多鱣鮪。
Seven hundred li further south by water lies Mount Mengzi. Its trees are mostly zi and paulownia, and there are many peach and plum. Its plants are mostly mushrooms and calamus, and its beasts are mostly elk and deer. This mountain is a hundred li across. Water rises above it, and it is called Biyang. In its waters there are many zhan and wei fish.
又南水行五百里，曰流沙，行五百里，有山焉，曰跂踵之山，廣員二百里，無草木，有大蛇，其上多玉。有水焉，廣員四十里皆湧，其名曰深澤，其中多蠵龜。有魚焉，其狀如鯉，而六足鳥尾，名曰鮯鮯之魚，其鳴自訆。
Five hundred li further south by water lies the Flowing Sands, and five hundred li on there is a mountain called Mount Qizhong. It is two hundred li across, with no plants or trees. There are great snakes, and on its heights there is much jade. There is water here, forty li across, and all of it wells up. It is called the Shen Marsh, and in it there are many sea turtles. There is a fish here shaped like a carp but with six feet and the tail of a bird. It is called the gege fish, and its cry is the calling of its own name.
又南水行九百里，曰踇隅之山，其上多草木，多金玉，多赭。有獸焉，其狀如牛而馬尾，名曰精精，其鳴自訆。
Nine hundred li further south by water lies Mount Mouyu. On its heights there are many plants and trees, much gold and jade, and much red earth. There is a beast here shaped like an ox but with the tail of a horse. It is called jingjing, and its cry is the calling of its own name.
又南水行五百里，流沙三百里，至于無皋之山，南望幼海，東望榑木，無草木，多風。是山也，廣員百里。
Five hundred li further south by water and three hundred li over drifting sand, one comes to Mount Wugao. To the south it looks upon the Youhai, and to the east upon the Fumu. There are no plants or trees, and much wind. This mountain is a hundred li across.
凡《東次三經》之首，自尸胡之山至于無皋之山，凡九山，六千九百里。其神狀皆人身而羊角。其祠：用一牡羊，米用黍。是神也，見則風雨水為敗。
In all, the head of the Third Guide to the Eastern Mountains runs from Mount Shihu to Mount Wugao, nine mountains in all, six thousand nine hundred li. The gods there all have the body of a man and the horns of a sheep. For the sacrifice, one ram is used, and for the rice millet is used. When these gods appear, wind and rain and flood ruin the grain.